Yet the science of climate change has seemed to be derailed by climategate and the discovery of some errors in IPCC reports, even the gravest of which come far short of undermining its conclusions.
The defense's game plan may last well into April, but without a successful Hail Mary pass, it will come up short of preventing a conviction.
However, SDLP Leader Alasdair McDonnell said the DUP and Sinn Fein had come in short of what was needed to build reconciliation and prosperity in Northern Ireland.
Wal-Mart reported an increase in third-quarter profit Tuesday boosted by strength overseas, but a 1.3% decline in domestic same-store sales led revenue to come up short of estimates.
Producers of optical telecom infrastructure gear are losing ground Monday morning after Oclaro on Friday afternoon warned that results for its fiscal first quarter ended September 29 will come in short of expectations.
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Motorola Mobility late Friday warned that Q4 results will come in well short of Street expectations.
And on election night in Iowa, it looked like Santorum had narrowly missed his first surprise victory in the race when initial counts showed he had come eight votes short of beating Romney.
"A host of negative results have come together in a short space of time, " Madrid sporting director Jorge Valdano told Canal Plus television after his side's first home league defeat in 11 months.
Tomlinson admitted that the rumours have been discussed in the Port Vale dressing room but added that the squad see it as a compliment to how far they have come in a short space of time.
As such, the real test of the strength and longevity of this recent rally will not come from the first short-term correction of a few percentage points, for buyers will show up on these first forays down.
Gazprom promised this week to come up with a short list of five bidders for Shtokman.
It is true that previous such attempts have come up short in the face of differences over market-access barriers and other long-standing irritants.
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Signs of this pessimism come in the form of the company's short-interest and options activity.
But with rational explanations hard to come by, investors should stop short of making big moves out of equities, Mr. Stovall says.
Whatever promotional value that might still be on the table will have a pretty short shelf life come the middle of November after the elections have passed.
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The duo led the Red Storm on a furious rally only to see the team come up a play or two short of an improbable comeback win in the NCAA tournament Sunday.
Foreign politicians from America and Britain, for example, may bring a lot of pressure to bear on a dispute for a short amount of time, but inevitably they come and go according to the whims and demands of domestic politics.
The changes at the helm come after Glamorgan staged a review of the 2010 season which saw the county come up short in all three competitions.
Most of the attacks on the northern part of Israel come from the short-range missiles.
"We've come a long way in a short period of time over three years, " manager Dusty Baker said.
Mobile graphics technology has come a long way in a short period of time, and it's continuing to evolve.
Red Bull has come a long way in a short period of time in eSports and pro gaming now has a brand new tournament series to add to the mix.
San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Web sites come and go, but the short bursts of text you publish on one Web site in particular -- Twitter.com --may end up having a longer shelf life than the company itself.
With all of those words, come expectations, and thus far, the expectations have fallen far short of the words.
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In the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second legs Arsenal come close to pulling off a magnificent comeback but fall a goal short of pushing the game to extra time and beat Milan 3-0 at the Emirates.
In the early part of the season we thought we were short, but a lot of our younger players have come in and have shown they can handle playing without a detriment to our results.
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However, they are stopping short of asking woodland wanderers to rip out any examples of foreign bluebells they come across.
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Getting people to buy into the idea is another thing, especially in an industry where investors are wary of capital-intensive upfront costs and well aware of the scrap heap of startups that have come up short.
With two of those three routes having come up short, the third and final one becomes more important than ever.
Therefore, the real short covering of NOK is still to come yet.
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