Mr Blair scorned Tory leader William Hague, saying he had his opinions delivered "by the paper boy".

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When Buffett bought the Omaha World-Herald, he fondly recalled his days as a delivery boy for the paper.

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He watched as Tuttle took the paper calmly, examined it, looked at the boy, glanced at Wadsworth, nodded, then deliberately tore the sketch in four, placed it in the fire, waited until it blazed, said something further when in quarter-profile to the limner, and made his exit.

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One boy had been making paper flowers with hidden messages of gratitude in the petals.

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Then, hearing the boy flush the toilet in the cubicle behind her, she scooped up the nasty mess with some paper towels and dropped it into the black bag she had with her for rubbish, so that he would not have to see it.

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