The automaker also said it was "also mindful of the fact that future protracted litigation, with the burdens and uncertainties it creates, may not be in the best interests of their customers".
The deputy chief executive, Brian Gilbertson, said a protracted slowdown might hurt future earnings.
On-loan Celtic midfielder Callum McGregor said adding to his goalscoring form for Notts County is all he considered doing during protracted negotiations about his future.
The U.S. Senate could soon end a protracted pingpong match over the future of the market for helium, a gas coveted by scientists and high-tech companies alike.
"This is especially pertinent in Ceredigion, where there has been protracted debate as to the future of Bronglais hospital and other cottage hospitals in the county.
An emergency government's future would depend on how protracted the violent confrontations turned out to be, and on whether the Palestinians made a unilateral declaration of statehood in the near future.
A group of residents filed a lawsuit that last year led to a court injunction on future development; the injunction was later lifted, after protracted negotiations.
The Psalm Killer turns an unblinking eye on the unmentionable wound, the damage in our national past and likely future, to reveal streets meaner and goodbyes far more protracted, if they come at all.
SG Cowen downgraded Oracle from "buy" to "neutral" today, and noted that there is "very little upside" to Oracle shares at these levels and that the stock could fall further, to $10. "The company is still in the midst of what is shaping up to be a long and protracted recovery," says Brousseau, "with no emergence expected in the near future".
But residents in some small communities have struggled, and at the same time, U.S. experts worry that protracted global warming, worsening droughts, vanishing groundwater and growing populations will erode future supplies and make Americans increasingly vulnerable throughout the 21st century.
