At worst it will slow or temporarily detour progress, but it will not stop it.
But it did stop the war and, fragile though it is, has already exposed the cynics as naive.
America's controversial National Intelligence Estimate, made public in December, said that Iran had indeed run a weaponisation programme but seemed to stop it in 2003.
Mortgage lock-in will not stop new homebuilding, nor will it stop all corporate transfers, but it will have an effect on some parts of the economy that should be understood in advance.
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"If there's anything racist, we won't allow it or if a corporate company tries to advertise, we'll stop it from doing so but it's basically a relaxed, open forum, " he says.
With just a few seconds left in the final round it looked like referee Kenny Bayless might stop the fight but it went to the final bell for a decision.
It is not usually fatal in itself, but animals are slaughtered to stop it spreading.
Meanwhile, your friend has just reached the bus stop, but it's running a little behind.
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It would certainly make sense, but we'd stop short calling it a sure shot.
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But it could stop wasting resources on fiscal stimulus plans and on more debt service.
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The European Central Bank and European Commission would hate this, but they could not stop it, he argues.
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This hearing did not ascertain where the buck should stop, but it was a step forward in getting the facts.
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America cannot stop Russian officials abusing the judicial system at home, but it can try to stop them reaping the benefits of their corruption in the West.
But stop for the time it takes to make one machine - approximately four seconds - and a few things will become apparent that differ from factories past.
The lesson for the EU, thus, is not that expansion should stop, but that it needs to discriminate between those countries that are ready for membership and those that aren't.
The photograph led to allegations that three other boys, two of them members of Steubenville High's celebrated Big Red team, saw something happening that night and didn't try to stop it but instead recorded it themselves.
We will all look at this and discuss the future with our advisors, but it will not stop my many business interests globally that are unrelated to anything in the U.S. and it will not stop my many charity projects through my foundation.
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"It's not going to stop any breaches, but it reduces your risk, " says Raul Vargas, fraud operations manager for Identity Theft 911, an identity-management solutions firm.
What we need to do to counter spam is not just to cut it off at a moving source, but to develop new ways to stop it.
Kallmes says it is too early "to kill the procedure" but that doctors need to stop doing it routinely outside research trials.
But it didn't stop on the runway, barreling through a fence and onto a street, where it hit a passenger bus and killed 10 people, officials said.
The authority said clean up work had begun but it was looking at a permanent solution to stop it blocking again.
But it failed to stop Lou Gehrig's, and trial patients lost 10% of their body weight.
The livery cab had a stop sign, but it's not clear if the driver stopped.
Such monetary easing will prevent a severe downturn, but it will not stop the recovery from stalling.
This might discourage investment abroad in normal times, but it will not stop capital flight in a crisis.
Nkunda declared a unilateral cease-fire on October 29, but it failed to stop the fighting and reports of atrocities.
We will take ideas from anywhere, but we are going to stop it.
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