In the view of some, DeLay's exit exposed Hastert as little more than the man behind the curtain in the Land of Oz.

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For reasons that only the man behind the curtain at the Googleplex could possibly know, that question pops you over to the site digitalalchemy.com.

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Trump really is an illusionist when it comes to his net worth, just like the man behind the curtain in the Wizard of Oz.

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But once the wizard was revealed as the little old man behind the curtain pushing around a bunch of buttons and knobs, the image was destroyed.

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Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

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