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Some suspect the Fed will stop short of any indication that another round of quantitative easing might be on the table.

Chilblains are only one stop short of frostbite, you know, and occur in all the same places.

Strive for elegance in designs and code, but sometimes it is better to stop short of the most elegant solution in favor of a simpler one.

But with rational explanations hard to come by, investors should stop short of making big moves out of equities, Mr. Stovall says.

At first I was a little worried the movie would stop short of being just a pretty romance.

But even then, most Japanese experts believe that their country would stop short of building a bomb of its own.

This amazing monotone image made me stop short as I scrolled through the selections. The color and depth of the liquid is arresting.

At least they stop short this time in Libya. Make sense for a rare change.

Debt mutualisation can be devised to stop short of a permanent transfer union.

I may withhold the truth at times, but I stop short of actually telling lies.

However, Mr Putin suggested that such efforts would stop short of full capital controls, which have been under discussion in policy circles.

He can be ruthless in getting what he wants, but I believe he would stop short of blackmail.

Ideas stop short of becoming reality, and projects seem to drag on endlessly, because of one thing: complexity.

after a period of years full of incident we have been compelled to abandon our labors , and to stop short on the road of progress.

Several times I put my thumb on the switch of the flashlight, but each time I stop short of turning it on.

Stop short of bringing the shoulders over the wrists when moving the bodies weight forward from Downward Dog.

There is no reason, now, why we should stop short of any degree of generality .

His plans stop short, as do Mr Darling's, of cutting big and dangerous banks down to manageable size.

I soldier on. I start hand gestures but stop short of pointing at the necessary areas.

A clock does not stop short at the precise moment when the key is lost.

That suggests it may yet stop short of becoming a global killer.

She wouldn't stop short of stealing if she thought it would help her children.

Even after online customers find whatthey're looking for, many stop short of making a purchase.

Sometimes, it's a spectator who decides to cross the street right in front of runners, making them all stop short and maneuver around them.

In the current climate, we fear doctors will stop short of saving our lives.

While these are great frameworks, they stop short of agile development for rich Internet applications.

We will never stop short of goal.

To stop short and refuse to go on

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