Word: solid
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...Storm's technical specifications are otherwise solid. Available in blue, sandstone, silver and black, the 5.5-oz. phone features a removable battery and MicroSD slot that can hold up to 16 GB of photos, songs, spreadsheets and more. The phone comes with 1 GB of built-in memory...
...play of Stone. The Huskies recorded 12 shots in the opening frame, including eight shots on net, but time after time Stone turned each challenge away. “Kylie had a nice game,” Harvard coach Sue Caples said. “She was very, very solid. She had to stand on her head a couple times, but that’s what you hope for from a veteran player.” Five minutes into the second half, the Crimson regained the lead. On another penalty corner, McGillivray gathered the ball...
...Universities with deep pockets, however, could stand to reap some benefits from the downturn. Schools with enough financial security - from a solid endowment or good planning or both - could attract more top students by offering more aid to families that find their budgets stretched thin. Last year, Grinnell expanded its financial aid program, which covers about 90% of its students, to offer mostly grants instead of loans. That could give the school a competitive edge - as long as it can convince parents to get past the sticker shock and learn about the financial aid options that sometimes make elite private...
...jobs and making highly profitable investments, Rajaram had apparently been unable to find work. Meanwhile, he began to accumulate financial losses which took their toll on his saved-up profits. Suddenly having an M.B.A., working one's way up in finance and using one's business acumen to make solid investments offered little protection and security. "The essence of it was that this was a man's emotional spiral downward due to financial difficulties. He saw it as a tragedy, a disaster that had befallen him. He lost perspective," said the LAPD's Moore. "He thought his life circumstances were...
...operation in the state of Michigan and redistributing staff to Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Maine, where electoral votes are distributed by congressional district. In a conference call last week, Mike DuHaime, the McCain campaign's political director, acknowledged that the national mood and Obama's deep pockets had put previously solid Republican states like Indiana in play...