Word: solidity
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...sure, the two stock market slumps in 2006 and 2008 created negative wealth effects. High-net-worth businessmen have been hit by the current global financial crisis. But there is no doubt that the macroeconomic picture is solid and healthy. Over the next five years Saudi Arabia has outlined a $400 billion spending program. In a decade or thereabouts, Saudi Arabia will become a $1 trillion economy and will be better placed than the rest in the region to capitalize on its knowledge and strengths. During the boom years, some critics said Saudi Arabia should become more like Dubai...
Noah's autism has been marked by "three identified high priority maladaptive behaviors that interfere with his adaptive programming. These include banging his head against solid surfaces, pinching himself and grabbing others," according to his 2004 California Department of Developmental Services individual program plan (IPP). Remarkably, that clinical language actually portrays Noah more favorably than the impression one would get from a face-to-face meeting. (See six tips for traveling with an autistic child...
...West Wing are working here is that I've got a great professional staff. I think I've hired some of the best people, and they're real workers out there. My policy director is top-notch. My communications team is top-notch. My chief of staff is solid. And they have roles in the West Wing. They're engaged in the meetings. And I think that that's the best way to make sure that the East and the West Wing are working together and we don't ... that's not a part ... that's not a part...
...that if I come in with straight expectations, then I don't see the opportunities. I just know that about me, right. So I try to sort of think in terms of there are things that I need to do that are important: I need my kids to be solid. I was more worried about them than anything - anything. How I was going to feel, how people were going to ... none of that mattered. I worried most and felt the deepest sense of pull in making sure that my kids felt good about this and that they felt good about...
...feel like this is ... what the East Wing has developed, I think, is a solid beginning. I care about the issues that I'm working on, I love my team, I like the relationship that I have with them, I like the separation that I have between work and family, I like the connection between the East Wing staff and the West Wing staff, and the fact that voices are being heard, and that communication is clear and that there is respect across the lines, and that, you know, people are moving in a way to try to complement work...