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  • He said morale had dropped to "rockbottom" and prosecutors were unable to perform at the optimum due to financial pressures and poor working conditions.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1998

  • What is the magical date when fares turn from rockbottom to ridiculous?

    Mouse Print»Blog Archive » The Secret Date When Airfares Skyrocket 2009

  • Or one may want to wait till the subprime mess hits bottom in conjuction with the rockbottom in the housing market.

    Stocks To Buy If The Democrats Take The White House 2008

  • Woot.com was likely the first site to only sell a single item per day at rockbottom prices.

    Mouse Print»Blog Archive » Woot: Got a Problem? It’s Your Fault! 2007

  • Oh wait a minute, he hit rockbottom with that Hilary letter, or no maybe he hit rockbottom when . . . oh never mind.

    Firedoglake » Lamont Rocks Steady, Lieberman Runs Scared 2006

  • I heart Gustavo Arrellano, but since we get the rockbottom, so-basic-it-hurts version of cable I can't watch Comedy Central.

    ¡Urgente, ayudame! Lisa B. 2006

  • I heart Gustavo Arrellano, but since we get the rockbottom, so-basic-it-hurts version of cable I can't watch Comedy Central.

    Archive 2006-06-01 Lisa B. 2006

  • Ramaphosa said one journalist confessed to him that when Johnnic's share was rockbottom, the name Johnnic used to be pre-fixed with phrases such as "black-controlled" and "black empowerment group".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • Thus the Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, supported by the pass laws, constitutes the means by which the wages of the African workers are maintained at rockbottom level.

    reich13 1969

  • If one kept (as rockbottom reality) the universe of the senses, aided by instruments and co-ordinated so as to form "science," then one would have to go much further-as many have since gone-and adopt a Behaviouristic theory of logic, ethics, and aesthetics.

    Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955

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