Despite the vehemence of their language, Mr Houellebecq's characters usually stop short of outright brutality.
It would certainly make sense, but we'd stop short calling it a sure shot.
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Why did her new companion stop short of doing that which would make her heart sing?
Oracle appears to be betting that the commission will stop short of blocking the merger.
The venture will include power generation, but stop short of going into the retail market.
The findings, however, stop short of saying that coffee drinking directly lowers the risk of chronic disease.
The reforms stop short of compelling schools to accept a more comprehensive intake, for example through banding.
Most editors are put off by the process and stop short of applying.
However, the proposals stop short of a total transfer of powers to Holyrood.
Debt mutualisation can be devised to stop short of a permanent transfer union.
But with rational explanations hard to come by, investors should stop short of making big moves out of equities, Mr. Stovall says.
Next month's report of the White House tax reform commission will likely stop short of advocating a complete scrapping of the tax code.
The arrangement would stop short of a full takeover, but the letter said Foster's would have a "controlling stake" in Southcorp of about 60%.
Like the European Union, which approved its own reforms in April, the Americans stop short of blessing a particular way of paying for ratings.
One coach telling his player to stop short of the goal line, the other instructing his defenders to allow a runner to waltz into the end zone unmolested.
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If you stop short of accomplishing this step you will not only fail to move forward strategically, you will also crush the expectations raised in the previous steps.
But the new rules do stop short of Uefa president Michel Platini's "Financial Fair Play" proposals, which are due to be approved by Uefa's Executive Committee this week.
Having not seen every single all-in-one PC that's ever been released, we'll stop short of saying the InFocus BigTouch is the largest AiO ever to grace the Earth.
But Almunia is keen to stop short of such sanctions.
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The panel, which includes influential Democrats and Republicans, will stop short of setting a specific timetable for withdrawal, according to sources who have seen the executive summary of the report.
Many parents don't think twice about straightening their kids' crooked teeth but stop short of fixing a crooked nose, and yet, in just the past seven years, plastic surgery performed on teens has doubled.
In the face of intensifying economic pressure, Iran will have to decide whether to proceed on its current course or find a way to assure the international community that it will stop short of nuclear weapons.
Though they stop short of pledging to put it fully under Ofcom, which regulates communications, the Conservatives think it should be overseen by a more independent body than the BBC Trust, which does the job now.
Until better things are being delivered in Wales with the powers the government already has, Mr Jones should beware of calling for more responsibilities, or for parity with Scotland if voters there stop short of voting yes for independence.
Coughlin, at the very least, understood that the clock was more important than the scoreboard, and through QB Eli Manning told his running back Ahmad Bradshaw to stop short of the goal line to make the Patriots use their last time out.
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Virginia Rep. Bob Goodlatte, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee that is expected to consider such legislation, is among the Republicans who publicly support some type of legal status for those currently in the U.S. but stop short of embracing a route to citizenship.
After all is said and done, we may be heading into choppy waters, but in the end, both the United States and China will pursue economic policies that they believe are in their own best interests, but will stop short of launching a full-blown currency war.
But the secretary, who is the former chief executive of Goldman Sachs (nyse: GS - news - people ), seemed to stop short of a broad and permanent fix to the way Wall Street is regulated--something others on Capitol Hill and elsewhere have demanded.
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