News outlets have been full of reports criticizing the program for falling short with some headlines calling it Groan the Podium or Blown the Podium.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The State Department on Thursday stopped short of formally calling Mr.Zelaya's ouster a military coup d'etat, which carries with it harsher aid penalties mandated by Congress.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It would certainly make sense, but we'd stop short calling it a sure shot.

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To confirm that this is so, Ms Welch stripped the eggs out of several females (not as horrible a process as it sounds), divided each batch of eggs into two, and inseminated half with sperm from a long-calling male and half with sperm from a short-calling male.

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President Khatami, who came to power in 1997, has encouraged increased people-to-people contact with the US but has stopped short of calling for talks.

BBC: Khatami's caution to West