Microsoft was the only serious bidder although Skype didn't close the door to other potential buyers, they said.
It may even close the door to a full or early political settlement.
At the same time, it didn't close the door to Sarkozy facing criminal charges stemming from allegedly illicit campaign donations.
"I don't think you ever close the door to being prepared for what eventually may come, but I think that is not a near, near thing, " she said at a news conference.
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Why close the door to exponential improvement?
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The pursuit is a way of holding on to his father, of keeping the lines of communication open, of refusing to close the door.
Plaintiff lawyers opposed the Owens-Illinois motion, saying the company wants to "shut out the lights and close the courthouse door" by requiring claimants to resolve their bankruptcy claims before seeking money in conventional lawsuits.
What I choose to do when I close the door at home has nothing to do with what I have achieved in rugby.
After the couple had gone to bed, he said he got up in the early hours of February 14 to close the balcony door in his bedroom when he heard a sound in the bathroom.
Pistorius said in his statement Tuesday that he believes Steenkamp went into the bathroom when he got up to close the balcony door in his bedroom in the early hours of February 14.
Halper said that looking back at the 106 previous gameisodes of the franchise, it was important to tell this last story in order to close the door on KumaWar.
The council is also proposing to close and sell off the city swimming pool which is next door to the venue.
Later that night rain pounds fiercely on the wide leaves of the palms outside my window and lightning flashes perilously close to the Buddhist temple next door.
"I told Marchand when we were pretty close to each other on the wall to go back door, " Bergeron said.
The red metal security door that is used to close up the stall in the evenings is pockmarked with dozens of bullet holes.
Qasim refused to close the door on Misbah's international career and said he will be considered for the subsequent tour of Australia, which begins in December.
We also need to close the revolving door between Capitol Hill and K Street.
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But to completely close the door on that option seems like a foolish decision.
At both places, lines snake out the door and around the corner from opening to close.
But while Brown, who coached St George Illawara in his native Australia, has reaffirmed his commitment to Huddersfield, he did not completely close the door on a move back home.
And I want to be clear: These sanctions do not close the door on diplomacy.
The trained dog reportedly sensed something suspicious about -- or near -- a vehicle parked close to the West Wing, and sat down beside the four-door sedan.
The devices, which require that you have a home WiFi network, can be used to turn appliances on and off, let you know if you left your garage door open (and let you close it) or respond to motion in the room.
Clarke have popularized the idea of a space elevator, there are still a few kinks that need to be worked out before we start having folks hit the "door close" button for a 100, 000 kilometer (62, 000 miles) ride.
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The feeling of watching a very good amateur production was increased on this first night of the run by a set door which would not stay shut, despite increasingly farcical attempts to close it by cast members, culminating in Costigan leaning awkwardly against it while delivering his lines.
Hoddle, a close friend of Doughty, has already been linked to the jobs at Reading and Crystal Palace since being shown the door at Tottenham.
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Sources close to former RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie have revealed his plans to save the company before he was shown the door, a plan that didn't involve handsets.
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That said, the rotating magnetic aluminum door that reveals the SD card and SIM slots is slick -- far easier to open and close than the plastic port covers found on most other slates.
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