"That information will enable us to better establish the outer bounds of the conspiracy," Mr. Barnett said, including whether additional chip companies were involved.

He emphasizes the importance of constitutional provisions "in setting broader outer bounds to the exercise of judicial discretion".

He scrambled between strandsof barbed wire that marked the outer bounds of some ranch's prop-erty.

A law or court decision that officially permitted torture would tempt the executive to test its outer bounds "because presidents want to expand their power."

Hades itself was described as being either at the outer bounds of the ocean or beneath the depths or ends of the earth.

Only the sound of her footsteps echoed in her ears as she felt the outer bounds of the web.

Norman Silverman, a planner for the transit authority, said that building the full Second Avenue line is on the "outer bounds" of possibility.

But last week, signs emerged in Moscow and Washington that these approaches are just the outer bounds of a broader debate.

Thus I will not assault the outer bounds of your understanding with matters beyond your reach.

And it's a plausible assumption that he's become a principal in a conspiracy that, if Chardin is right, has no real outer bounds.