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Because, while this is very practical business sense, it's also very mercenery of them.
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South African law prohibits its citizens to engage in mercenery activities.
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May 22nd, 2006 at 12:32 am shoephone @ 12:19 am #193 – Amazing how mercenery city departments can be.
Firedoglake » Late Nite FDL: Krugman Completes Daou Triangle 2006
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Iron tools and, above all, guns were eagerly sought for by the islanders in exchange for their provisions; and the mercenery traders, regardless of consequences, readily gratified their desires.
Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century Jules Verne 1866
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Krauser gets a mercenery outfit, complete with red beret hat.
unknown title 2009
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KARACHI - Notorious United States private security outfit Blackwater, alleged to be a mercenery organisation, allegedly operating under the command of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), has established its presence in Karachi, country's mega city.
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What's more menacing than a 7-foot tall mercenery who kills people with his steel teeth?
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May 4th, 2006 at 7: 09 pm james risser says: another opportunity for these silly red-neck facists is to join one of those mercenery outfits that bush is hiring … i don’t think they do much in terms of background checks … it looks like they don’t get a dental exam either. just bullets ….
Think Progress » “I got called a chickenhawk the other day,” 2006
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Vis-A-Vis “Puppet Condi’s” recent inconsiderate and absolutely mercenery statements about the loss of lives being “worth it”, I ask the obvious question: “worth what, Condi, dear?
Think Progress » President Bush has not accepted “the realities 2006
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impart the same to their babies. having to hide the breast feeding out of fear of and having to exhibit breast or breast feeding out of helplessness, compulsions or mercenery interests are indicative of diseased society and its perverted attitude >
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