That would crystallise their negative equity, scuppering their plans to trade up or move on.
So was it Moore who saw "Watchmen" end up in the courts for a case that risked scuppering its release?
But this week the United States spoke up, probably scuppering the change.
After Grant was convicted, Commander Simon Foy apologised for a paperwork blunder which led to the DNA of another suspect scuppering attempts to catch the attacker.
It will be very hard for these banks to satisfy their societies' sky-high expectations for economic growth without scuppering their own newly won reputations for prudence.
If America refuses, the Europeans can blame America for scuppering the new round and insist that within a narrow agenda there is no room for the trade-offs needed for agricultural liberalisation.
One of them, Frank Jordan, had been beaten by Mr Brown four years earlier after scuppering his credibility by inviting two radio disc-jockeys to strip off and join him in the shower.
If Ofcom and the OFT do change their advice, the Culture Secretary would refer the bid to the Competition Commission delaying it and, probably, scuppering it - at least in the short term.
Mr Singh has liberal views on trade, and his cabinet shuffle notably got rid of the commerce minister, who was widely blamed for scuppering trade talks under the Doha round in Geneva last July.
They say the negative campaigning-style of Labour, in which the party sought to tell voters during tough economic times that Alex Salmond cared only for his own job, has gone a log way to scuppering them.
The immediate result has been two unionist parties storming out of the multi-party talks in Belfast, and the largest unionist party, the Ulster Unionists, probably scuppering the current talks format by voting against the decommissioning plan (see article).
Mr Fazio rang Mr Fiorani shortly after midnight, one night in July, to tell him he had just signed a document approving BPI's plan to take a majority stake in Antonveneta, thereby (it seemed at the time) scuppering the rival, foreign bid.
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