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Furthermore, Jesus' birth was probably no more eventful than any of the other innumerable, anonymous, back-water peasant births of the time.

Matt J. Rossano: Why The Birthplace Of Jesus Matters Matt J. Rossano 2010

Furthermore, Jesus' birth was probably no more eventful than any of the other innumerable, anonymous, back-water peasant births of the time.

Matt J. Rossano: Why The Birthplace Of Jesus Matters Matt J. Rossano 2010

Everyone makes fun of Alabama and Mississippi as being ignorant, back-water states. 10 years from now, entire college economic classes are going to be taught about the giant Washington State economic meltdown and how it happened.

Sound Politics: "Ample provision" is a function of both funding and expenses 2007

I remember when Amnesty was only concerned with back-water countries, with names that I had never heard before.

No Fat Clips!!! : Amnesty: The Stuff of Life 2008

So he spake, and quickly they reached the back-water.

The Argonautica 2008

Intel is a corporate back-water that looks more like a company from the 1950s than the

More On Intel Layoffs 2006

Now the heroes apart in ambush, in a back-water of the river, were met in council, sitting on the benches of their ship.

The Argonautica 2008

Her eagerness to look out for herself is not restrained, evidently, by any feeling of debt to the man to whom she owes completely this sudden elevation from back-water governor to prominent national figure.

The Barracuda Bites the Hand that Fed Her 2008

Newsflash -- a tunnel is NOT needed to prove to the Joneses (and the Bostons, Londons, New Yorks, Parises, etc.) that your city is not a lame back-water hick town.

Sound Politics: Tunnel of Funny Money 2006

Hallee BergHot Spot: Rendezvous BostonBoston, once a culinary back-water thanks to its English/Irish heritages, is now one of America's finest dining cities.

The Good Life 2007