They were part of a promotion that had come to an end, or were surplus to demand and risked passing their sell-by-date.
But the soldiers, like the political parties, also know that General Chavalit's government has a built-in sell-by date.
Regarding the Bank of England, the Item Club said the 2% inflation target had become "a risk to the credibility" of the Bank, and that the target was "long-past its sell-by date".
Seven of nine members of the Lao Politburo are generals - thick-headed veterans well past their sell-by date.
Youth-soccer programs didn't explode until long after my sell-by date as a youth athlete.
And then she turned 38 -- (laughter) -- which, in Washington at least, according to Meryl, is the sell-by date for Hollywood actresses.
Almost 60 by the time he replaced his dour predecessor Georges Leekens, Waseige was thought to be past his sell-by date.
In addition, many radiotherapy machines were also well past their sell-by date, he said.
Many people in the industry thought that Bond was passed its sell-by date, but what did they know?
But responsible investors, regulators, and the Berkshire Board ought to be asking: Is the shtick past its sell-by date?
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She added that he was also offered him a tin of ravioli which was almost a year past its sell-by date.
The sell-by date for an annual report that arbitrarily charts the progress of wired broadband deployment in the U.S. expired a long time ago.
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Measures within the route map included keeping "current nuclear power stations running long past their sell-by date, which is not a very sensible thing to have to do".
While many in the American government consider the UN past its sell-by date, the French are worried that the organisation may be tricked into making the war look justified.
It is tempting, at the turn of the decade, to hand out such accolades - but as an impetus for the imagination, says Wagner, such events don't come with a sell-by date.
Some of that content presumably consists of features that can be banked, but a lot of it is news, meaning its sell-by date will long have passed by the time The Daily goes live.
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