They know that that the prosecutor will bargain down to something far less in order to get a guilty plea.
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Declan O'Loan said it was inappropriate for Mr Paisley to seek to bargain down the price of 100 acres of government land at Ballee, County Antrim.
The rise in health care costs, and especially in the share paid by the patient, is giving people a lot more incentive to screw up their courage to try to bargain down prices.
Many are perfectly happy with the low wage (some even try to bargain me down, to try to avoid interference with Social Security and disability limits).
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The government indicated it might only seek seven years at trial, and was willing to bargain that down to six to eight months in exchange for a guilty plea, a person familiar with the matter said.
All those recommendations created (and represented) a bias that drove shares of firms with weak balance sheets down to bargain basement levels.
This bargain has been breaking down, not because of the heartlessness of civil servants but because of a clash between scientific advance and budgetary cost.
If there's a large number of flights to Australia passing through L.A., then the City of Angels might offer bargain direct flights to Down Under -- because the greater volume of flights often prompts a greater number of fare sales.
Sooner or later, like any backroom arrangement, the bargain is liable to break down.
In time, new acquisitions in Asia, bought at bargain prices as the crisis drives down the value even of sound companies, will bring in new income streams.
But we need a universal health care system where we manage chronic diseases, where we get prices down because we can bargain with the drug companies, where we say to the health insurance companies that they must cover everyone, they have to do it at an affordable rate.
That comment exemplifies the struggle the discount chain, known for its "blue light" specials that sent shoppers scurrying down aisles for a limited-time bargain, has had to endure in modernising its image.
Restaurants flock to the upper floors of high-rises where rent is cheaper, young professionals try to find bargain apartments in fringe areas and many bars shut down after a year because they can't make enough to pay the bills.
That leaves one, rather distant, hope: that, in the lame-duck period between the election and the next Congress, prompted by the imminent expiry of George Bush's tax cuts at the beginning of 2013, America's politicians will sit down and finally hammer out the grand bargain the country so desperately needs, with the tax increases delayed in exchange for sensible reforms to spending and the tax code.
The market isn't necessarily down because sellers are willing to unload at bargain prices.
He once tried to convince his managers it was in their interest to bargain over everything they might need from each other, down to office supplies.
Still, even in a grand bargain (or theme park), you eventually have to whittle down the ideas to a manageable few.
The market is seeing short covering and bargain-hunting, while trying to stabilize after the smack-down suffered on Wednesday and Thursday when prices hit a fresh nearly three-month low.
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That sellers are willing to unload at bargain prices, however, isn't necessarily the reason the market is down.
Indeed, with Chinese stocks down about 12% over the past year, pros say many are trading at bargain prices.
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The precious metals have recently seen consolidation, some tepid bargain-hunting buying, some short covering and some position-squaring as the year winds down.
The precious metals are this week seeing some consolidation, some tepid bargain-hunting buying, some short covering and some position-squaring as the year winds down.
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The precious metals are seeing some consolidation, some tepid bargain-hunting buying, some short covering and some position-squaring-selling as the year winds down.
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Mr Seselj may have made a bargain with Mr Milosevic under which the Radicals will hold back from street demonstrations and from trying to bring the government down.
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