Does Integrity Matter?


	Does Integrity Matter?

willhelm

5-3-2008 12:08 AM

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willhelm says:

"He wasn't corruptible then," Mr. Day says, "and he's not corruptible today."

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5-3-2008 12:58 PM

sahara

Depends on what one's definition of corruptible is, I guess.

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