Many pieces that fail to achieve their reserve price at auction are quietly sold afterwards in “private-treaty” deals negotiated by the auction houses.

许多在拍卖行无法卖出其最低价格的艺术品，之后便会在台下悄悄地按照“私人协定”交易来完成，拍卖行则会充当协商方。

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They then installed malware on the law firm's web server, prosecutors said, enabling them to obtain information about live deals, including the price at which they were being negotiated.

检察官说，然后他们在该律所的网络服务器上安装了恶意软件，以便随时掌握交易信息，包括当时正在谈判的价格等等。

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He negotiated an end, though not a happy one, to the Vietnam war, and began the process of detente with the Soviet Union, even at the price of a kiss on the lips from Leonid Brezhnev.

他也通过谈判为越南战争画上了一个尽管并不美好的句号；此外他还开启了与苏联缓和的进程，甚至甘愿付出惨遭列昂尼德•勃列日涅夫唇吻的代价。

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Some patients will be able to stay on Lipitor for the first 180 days, as a result of deals that Pfizer has negotiated for health plans to provide Lipitor at the same price as generics.

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For example, a government official gets a kickback from a contractor who, as it turns out, performed work for the city at the same price as if it were an arms-length negotiated deal.

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The Dell board committee that negotiated the current deal says it is selling the firm at a fair price, despite some analysts saying it could be worth more.

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