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  • According to GOP talking points, Plame merely had a "deskjob".

    Your Right Hand Thief 2005

  • According to GOP talking points, Plame merely had a "deskjob".

    Archive 2005-11-01 2005

  • Your crippling inability to make your own damn copies or answer you own damn phones provided me with the two years of unchallenging deskjob time necessary to develop my writing while providing me with a steady paycheck.

    Rachel’s Sunday Quickie: Shoutouts « 2009

  • It was not a monetary decision but rather a call to something bigger then what the everyday deskjob had to offer.

    Kerry and Bush: The Joke’s Over - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2006

  • A deskjob in New Augusta might give him access to influence or to make more trouble.

    The Silent Warrior Modesitt, L. E. 1987

  • John Brennan of Team Obama, a man who evidently never met a deskjob in national security he didn't like:

    DPGI - the aftermath jcrue 2010

  • Virtually everybody I know who is shackled to a deskjob with an email account faces the same problem.

    Slashdot 2010

  • Virtually everybody I know who is shackled to a deskjob with an email account faces the same problem.

    Slashdot 2010

  • I guess that story somehow explains why I'm no longer toiling on an 8-to-5 deskjob but taking photos and blogging instead.

    rebelpixel.com markku 2009

  • I may not LIKE that someone like Ms. Alison trots her vapid lifestyle all over the internet, and I may not like the instant gratification and narcissism the internet feeds upon, and I may not like those poor embittered people who get their kicks being nasty to other people, but thousands of other people kicking it at a deskjob all day long sure seem to enjoy it, so there that is.

    Enforcing Manners, Tumblr Shuts Down 5 Blogs - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2009

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