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   From: mmikeda@erols.com   
      
   Sandman  wrote in   
   news:mr-A6CCF7.13380401012013@News.Individual.NET:   
      
   > Spoiler space removed!   
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   > Also, Sarumans demeanor and arrogance seems to suggest that he   
   > has already been corrupted by Sauron via the palantir, be we   
   > know that won't happen for 59 years.   
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   He would not have been corrupted specifically by the palantir, but he   
   was already corrupted to some extent by his desire for the One Ring.   
      
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