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Recall that shortly after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Qaddafi, then known as a bargain-basement Saddam Hussein, decided to give up his nuclear program and work his way into the good graces of the West.
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The buyers are hedge funds and private-equity shops that are taking advantage of banks' desperation to sell, and are therefore able to grab the assets at bargain-basement prices.
A Sweet Spot for Europe's Bad Loans David Enrich 2011
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That is how you find high-quality companies at bargain-basement prices.
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: The Boulevard of Broken Charts Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2011
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The last I heard, the Nines was such a flop that they were selling rooms for relatively bargain-basement prices.
One thumb down on the new transit mall (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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That is how you find high-quality companies at bargain-basement prices.
Vitaliy N. Katsenelson: The Boulevard of Broken Charts Vitaliy N. Katsenelson 2011
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Recouping the vanished teaching grant by charging high is a natural impulse there is little reason to suppress – and especially not if snobby students regard discounts as the marker of an unappealing bargain-basement education.
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If I wanted to bring seven other people with me, I was told, I could reserve a table for a bargain-basement price of $15,000.
Newt Gingrich Spams Doctors: Give Me $5000 And I'll Give You A 'Prestigious' Award The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Despite a cast of fine actors young and old, the film is a structural mess and resembles nothing less than the kind of bargain-basement direct-to-DVD thrillers that have littered the Netflix queues and Blockbuster shelves over the last ten years.
Scott Mendelson: Review: Red State Scott Mendelson 2011
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The buyers pay these bargain-basement prices eagerly, in the belief that the houses must be great deals, when they are just as likely to be overtaken by mold, or have every one of their doors and windows missing and the roof caving in.
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He didn't quite put it that way, but as Pura -- who won Bravo's Top Chef Just Desserts' premiere season -- showed how to make Chai Tea-Spiced Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache Glaze, he offered a winning combination: Use top-quality ingredients but bargain-basement implements.
Anneli Rufus: Topless Model/Master Chef Yigit Pura Praises Bargain-Bin Baking Anneli Rufus 2011
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