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The goal was to see how effectively we could speak with voters about Boehner as not only the symbol and standard-bearer for the GOP but also the water-boy for corporate America.
Drew Westen: Bringing Up Boehner Drew Westen 2010
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The goal was to see how effectively we could speak with voters about Boehner as not only the symbol and standard-bearer for the GOP but also the water-boy for corporate America.
Drew Westen: Bringing Up Boehner Drew Westen 2010
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Obama is nothing more than a "water-boy" for NWO ... by Mr M on Wednesday, Jan 28, 2009 at 5: 06: 35 PM
Mr. Obama, a black man, is preparing to colonize Africa 2009
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Based on the Sunday article's revelations, I would not characterize his behavior as that of "a good man in a storm;" he seems a mere water-boy:
Janet Tavakoli: Goldman Sachs Responds To The New York Times 2009
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You wouldn't expect a person to talk like Plato if he'd grown up as a water-boy on a slave ship.
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If Plato had spent any time at all as a water-boy on a slave ship you can be sure his philosophy would have been of a different color altogether from what it was.
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"Where is Mr. Norton?" he asked of a water-boy at the foot of the path.
The Young Railroaders Tales of Adventure and Ingenuity Francis Lovell Coombs
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Well on in the second half of the morning another diminutive Iberian, a water-boy, brought his compatriots a pail of water and carried off the empty bucket.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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The top is punched sieve-like that the water may enter as it is dipped in the bucket with which the water-boy strains along.
Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers Harry Alverson Franck 1921
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In the normal relations of industry Bob would have been the boss of a hundred activities and twice that number of men; while Jack Pollock, at best, would be water-boy or fuel-purveyor to a donkey engine.
The Rules of the Game Stewart Edward White 1909
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