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Broken Pipe

Broken Pipe
 n.— «It would be foolish to think that Browne transformed BP from a dirty oil company to a progressive, renewable, squeaky-clean . On the contrary, BP has a dismal environmental record—critics jokingly refer to the company as “Broken Pipe” after its many damaging oil leaks.» —“: Beyond Browne” in University Stanford Daily (California) May 10, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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