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But he stopped short of saying how much it could expand output given possible supply limits for hybrid components.

Gasol still has swelling and soreness in his sprained ankle, but Coach Phil Jackson stopped short of calling it a setback.

While Uefa appears ready to bow to the club's request, it stopped short of confirming yesterday that it would give its consent.

Ford says the uptick was an "encourage sign" , but stopped short of calling it a bottoming out point.

The manager told her that he was unhappy with her work, but he stopped short of dismissing her from her job.

French tribunal stopped short of an industrial espionage verdict, instead finding that she had "abused trust. "

For that reason, the judge stopped short of revealing himself to the public for fear of seeing his decisions challenged in court.

Microsoft responded the same day by saying its offer was "full and fair, " but stopped short of saying it would not raise its price.

He stopped short of asking the firms to return money and declined to say the payments were "contrary to the public interest. "

He stopped short of saying he was one of them.

Twigs snapped and leaves crackled as it galloped toward the hollow tree and stopped short of my hiding place.

Reina has committed himself to Anfield until the end of the season, but he has stopped short of discussing his plans beyond that point.

While researchers are still examining the benefits of DHA and the proper dose to take, Ramakrishnan stopped short of a broad recommendation.

I stopped short of laughing when he came in with that hair-cut.

Late Friday the United Nations Security Council stopped short of calling the election illegitimate at the insistence of South Africa.

They stopped short of specifying what the administration will say at the event about other contentious issues looming over the negotiations.

It contends some are operating on the margins of legality, although it has stopped short of taking direct action against them.

But he stopped short of offering safe exit to Col Gaddafi, saying the colonel would be given a "fair trial" .

It stopped short of blaming the company for illegal pollution.

According to media accounts, Zhou stopped short of any recommended remedy.

But in France she stopped short of endorsing military action, and a consensus seemed far off.

The Foreign Office issued a warning to UK travellers about the outbreak, but stopped short of recommending people not to visit Mexico.

The United Nations Security Council statement condemned the attack but stopped short of placing blame on the North.

The receiver stopped short of concluding that PEMGroup actually engaged in a Ponzi scheme, however.

However, they stopped short of saying why symmetry was so crucial and said instead further research was necessary.

Executives have stopped short of saying GM will be profitable in its first quarter, while pointing toward strong results.

However, the researchers stopped short of calling for a fertiliser tax to reduce the use of nitrogen in agriculture.

Yet Mr Geithner stopped short of endorsing hard and fast numerical targets that would set caps on external imbalances.

The Administration expressed reservations but stopped short of rejecting the proposal outright.

It also repeated its opposition to nuclear weapons on the divided Korean peninsula, but stopped short of condemning the North's comments.

Calls for change have so far stopped short of attacks on the royal family.

He just stopped short of insulting the kind girl.

In 2001 , the two sides signed a security treaty which stopped short of a full military alliance .

We stopped short of doing that on this paper because we wanted to get the feedback, and the response has been phenomenal among colleagues.

Rice stopped short of flatly calling for the departure of President Mugabe, who has run the country since independence.

Later, he waded into politics but stopped short of immersion: He helped Giuliani into office but declined the deputy mayor' s job.

Like most IT architects, you will be building around a current environment in which good intentions stopped short of being perfect.

Although South Korea fired dozens of shells in response, it stopped short of launching a full military counter-attack.

Mr. Pope notes that his group has stopped short of castigating people for driving S. U. V. 's or building overly large homes, too.

But like Ms. Suu Kyi, U. S. officials have stopped short of advocating lifting sanctions until more progress is seen.

But Pyongyang stopped short of threatening retaliation, as China urged caution on both sides.

The gunman stopped short of entering a guilty plea, deeming his actions "cruel" but "necessary. "

But the just-ended Bush administration stopped short of calling Beijing a currency manipulator.

But it stopped short of pointing the finger at management for the failures.

But the plan stopped short of creating a single agency to oversee the contentious issue of energy policy.

I suddenly stopped short of putting a luscious spoonful of rosemary lentil soup with feta cheese in my red wine-stained mouth.

But many lawmakers stopped short of saying they'd vote against the proposal.

The agency has stopped short of accusing any manufacturer of illegal lead emissions.

However, he stopped short of setting targets for reducing greenhouse gases.

She has, however, stopped short of calling for bans on specific products, instead emphasising better disclosure.

But he stopped short of calling on Israel to stop its assault.

China, North Korea's traditional ally, called the sinking of the naval ship "unfortunate" but stopped short of backing Seoul.

Mrs. Clinton stopped short of calling for new lending from those organizations.

He stopped short of endorsing the Japanese response to the nuclear disaster.

Stopped short of telling. That shallow unspeakable sadness.

The World Health Organization raised its alert level but stopped short of declaring a global emergency.

But he stopped short of promising immediate legislation.

Secretary Geithner has stopped short of saying the new administration will do so.

She stopped short of calling the president a liar.

She stopped short of performing the entire prodigal child act, however.

The letter presented Thursday to Ms. Reding also stopped short of specific proposals.

But he stopped short of actually endorsing Maliki himself.

President Bush has stopped short of threatening to veto the Senate's $157 billion stimulus plan.

Yet the Bush administration has stopped short of taking the fateful step of "weaponisation" in space.

No concrete plan has emerged, but Rio's existing investors have cause for concern, even if a stake stopped short of blocking a deal.

Other steel makers have idled plants but stopped short of closing them.

There are many historical examples to prove this can be done, though few that stopped short of hyperinflation.

But he stopped short of predicting when the company's sales in China would hit that level.

But Bocog stopped short of denying directly that Qianxihe had put in place safeguards for its games pigs.

But he stopped short of criticizing China directly.

She stopped short of throwing out the old photo.

But according to documents that went to Xstrata's board on Sunday evening, Glencore has stopped short of taking such an aggressive tack.

But we've always stopped short of causing real mayhem, ' said Fred.

Still, the government statement stopped short of demanding that banks extend more credit.

He stopped short of claiming the nomination after the Oregon primary on May 20.

The Arsenal captain stopped short of saying he will definitely sign the new four-year contract which has been on the table for weeks.

But he stopped short of saying that all stipulations on using public money to buy domestic goods should be removed.

Five years ago US authorities stopped short of pulling the plug on one big firm suspected of wrongdoing.