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L3lack_light Posted 14 years ago
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As currupt as the come
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"If abuse of power, lying in court, withholding evidence, bribing trial witnesses and generally rigging a trial are evidence of corruption, then the East India Company -- together with the Admiralty -- were as corrupt as they come," concluded Konstam.
"If abuse of power, lying in court, withholding evidence, bribing trial witnesses and generally rigging a trial are evidence of corruption, then the East India Company -- together with the Admiralty -- were as corrupt as they come," concluded Konstam.
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as ' quality ' as they come = having as much of the ' quality ' as is possible were as corrupt as they come = as corrupt as is possible, very corrupt
- as ' quality ' as they come = having as much of the ' quality ' as is possible were as corrupt as they come = as corrupt as is possible, very corrupt
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as 'quality' as they come = having as much of the 'quality' as is possible
were as corrupt as they come = as corrupt as is possible, very corrupt
were as corrupt as they come = as corrupt as is possible, very corrupt
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