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From what I saw over the weekend, Mount Pleasant has to be considered the team to beat this weekend. Mount Pleasant is solid from top to bottom. They are the most balanced of any team in the tournament.

From what I've heard from coaches, that's what they look for and what they need, especially for Cal. They have some solid (centers).

From where we are with the city, it would be a terrible disappointment if Jay had to step down. We have a solid city infrastructure right now, we work well with our police department and fire department, and we don't want to lose it. Bringing someone new in would reverse a lot of what we've done.

Gains for U.S. stocks should give us a solid floor today, but we'll see sparse participation from institutional investors wishing to evaluate the outlook for the tech sector,

Gibson is one of those players that had a chance to go to one of the major conferences so he is a very good get for us. I think that he is a very solid individual. He is a good student and he is what I love in that he is a gym rat.

gets a lot of attention, but what's really important in being a solid team week in and week out is being able to keep your opponents down, and they're really good at that.

Given our expectations of a solid quarter and an upbeat conference call, we believe Oracle represents a good near-term play. If we are right, Oracle's results could spur an upward move in the overall software sector as a whole, a sector that has clearly been under pressure lately.

From an economic perspective, it tells us that we are still having a fairly solid growth in both manufacturing and the overall outlook in the near term.

I feel like we played a solid game, we just have to eliminate those little mistakes.

I feel like we're solid defensively. I feel like we're better than a year ago. I feel like we're poised. (But) there is major question marks at safety and linebacker going into the fall as far as depth.

I feel like the message we want to send is that we're going to be moving up the standings board. Going into Wisconsin and playing 120 minutes of solid hockey is our goal. We want to go out and get some league points this weekend.

I feel like we have a solid team, and we have some good seniors. But I just felt like we needed someone to play the No. 1 position.

I feel pretty comfortable with the guys on the O-line that we took in the draft and the guys already here. I feel it's a solid group with some depth, starting next year." ()

I feel pretty confident that we'll be able to field a solid defensive team.

I am encouraged by the solid momentum in our earnings and the financial and creative strengths that underpin these results.

I am expecting the five-year note sale will probably be a chance for bonds to rebound. The coupon is looking attractive and the auction will go smoothly. We can expect solid demand from bidders.

I got a team around me. They're solid when I'm not hitting. That's what gets lost in all this.

I give our gals credit as they kept battling right to the final buzzer. But that's what these seven players have shown all season, solid effort and a never-say-die attitude. This is a nice bunch of young ladies. They represented our team and school well throughout the 2005-06 season.

Give them credit, they came out and played a solid game, but I don't think we came with the drive needed, especially in a big game like tonight.

Goaltending was solid throughout the game and after the first period we started playing hockey like we were capable.

Given the nature of the agreement and ongoing litigation, it will ultimately be up to our respective industries to decide if they want to embrace a solid market-based agreement.

For most people, it represents a stable, solid investment in choppy waters.

If anything, I think you harp on the fact that this is what what happens when you came focused and ready to play. Our kids seemed really dialed in. When they're focused and play together, we're a very solid football team. When we're not, we're very vulnerable.

If anything, they've gained confidence. Certainly we're frustrated by not winning games, but we know we're close to being on the verge of having a solid game on both sides of the ball. It's just a matter of being patient.

I don't think I denied him. He's such a solid player. Even on the last putt, I thought he was going to make it and that I would go into a playoff. Luckily, it turned out my way.

I don't remember the last time I saw Jeff King drop a ball. He's a smart guy who is just solid in every area. He's a guy who you can trust to get things done right.

I don't think our staff or our players would have any problem if we had to face them in the conference tournament. They're a well-coached team and they're a good, solid team, but we won the regular season in this league so we're ready to play anybody that's put in front of us.

I expected to see a solid team from point to post, and that?s what we saw. But that?s also why we scheduled this game. It?s not about a regular season winning streak, it?s playing the best competition you can find.It can only make you better down the road.

I expect good solid numbers from the Midwest, and the idea is to grow from there. We just in the last three months started having those breakthrough markets. We went from 60 kids to 600 kids in those cities in 90 days.

I expect her to be a consistent, solid player, but this exceeded my expectations. She hit the ball hard every time at bat. Even the out she made were hit hard. She's got great confidence at the plate. She's very relaxed when she goes up there. She can hit the ball to all fields and she goes with the pitch very well.

I don't think you'd find a better person to be around kids. He's a career Hall of Fame coach and just a great guy, a solid fundamentals coach with great principles.

I don't think we have a solid way to know everything that happens on this front.

I don't think we're going out on a limb in suggesting that the Fed will leave rates unchanged this time around. We expect the Fed may bide the time it has and wait to see how the economy looks before moving again, particularly with no solid evidence of rising inflation.

I don't think we're going to be as bad as people think we're going to be. We've got some real good young talent, and if we click together, we'll have a solid team.

If it doesn't look like a solid gold (dollar total), ... then we won't do it.

If I tell the truth, it wasn't even in the back of my mind. I wanted to put together a solid round, make a nice check and get some momentum for when the Tour came back to the States.

Global Crossing's success in the execution of its strategy demonstrates the importance of a finely tuned, focused plan for carving out a strong competitive position in the industry, ... Global Crossing's innovation in converged IP services, expansion into the global enterprise market and improving financials are all proof that the company is building momentum and creating a solid foundation for future success.

I felt if we played as well as we can we could have won. We've got three guys that are playing pretty solid right now and we're still looking for that fourth guy to step up and play consistent golf.

I felt I had a very good, solid season. I'm very proud of what I've done, and I feel like I'm not going to do anything but get better.

I believe that it is necessary today to join forces to assure continued solid growth and to take our place as an oil major of the first rank at a time when the industry is restructuring on a global scale,

IBM continues to believe that it can hit consensus EPS targets. In a deteriorating environment, this undeniably represents a solid showing.

IBM is one of these big bellwether companies where their business is so solid that in a year like 2001, where everybody was missing, IBM never missed a quarter.

(Cermak) did a great job. I'm proud of the way he played. He was solid and consistent across the whole tournament.

Carol had a nice vault. It was solid and she stuck both landings. It was a nice tight vault.

Certainly, it's going to be our job to try to shut that line down, but they've got four solid lines so it's important for us for each line to play their role and identify who they're up against, and try to handle that line to the best of their ability each shift.

Casey has been so solid for us. He's kind of the rock in the middle of that defense and he's a guy that uses up two blockers. He's got great balance, he can still go sideline to sideline and has a good feel for the game and understands what teams are doing to him.

Casey is our lynch-pin. She's experienced, poised and a real solid competitor. She will keep us in every game.

Cassie has been solid for us this year. She's dependable and has the attitude that she can play with anyone. I don't expect her to play any other way against Utah.

Cassie is a very gifted athlete with very quick feet. Her one-on-one defending, ability to read the game, and solid possession will immediately impact our backline.

Cedar Rapids Prairie is a solid team with no weak weight classes.

Building a golf course in this market is not a solid return on your money. They operate at a loss for a while.

Business has been great. It's been solid since the fall.

I don't know what management is thinking. But I think we've got a good, solid team, and I think teams are going to be scared to play us in the playoffs.

I felt good, a good flow. It was a solid run. I'm here now thanks to a great job in the middle section.

Burr & Burton struggled tonight. Our defense is solid but we still need to work on offense. We worked on blocking schemes this week.

Bryce continues to have a solid season. He shot the ball well and led us in assists.

Businesses in North Dakota definitely benefited from much warmer weather for the month according to comments from businesses in our survey. It is difficult to separate out the impacts of weather from more fundamental economic factors, but even so, our survey still points to solid growth in the months ahead.

Businesses located in the Northwest portion of Arkansas tended to report stronger economic conditions than businesses in other parts of the state. However, I do expect reasonably solid job growth for most areas through the second quarter of this year.

I'm at a loss for words. They're a nice solid team, they played a good game. It's been a good season. We showed good chemistry this year.

Chris Low's match was a nice win. He beat a good wrestler. At 119, Neal West had another good match against a solid wrestler.

Chinese economic growth remains solid and steady, and we continue to expect mildly slower but still steady momentum into 2006.

Because we had transition baskets like that, it is kind of why we got sloppy. We were trying to make every play into a transition basket instead of playing solid basketball at certain times.

(Barr) uses his best players to kill penalties and I don't. So they get tired. We were getting more solid hits later in the game because they were tired. That was the plan. I have more depth there's no doubt.

I have asked Mike (Wallace) to drive the Lucas Oil Chevy at Bristol. Mike had a good run for us at Bristol in the spring race even though we were wrecked and we feel he will give us a good solid run there again at our hometown track." ()

We can capitalize on the feeling that people have about the Browns with a solid draft.

We are extremely pleased to welcome Ron, who comes to us with a wealth of executive-level strategic leadership experience, demonstrated business acumen and a solid record of accomplishments in both business and information technology. Information technology plays a key role in our ability to deliver on our business commitments of improving our business operations, enhancing customer service, providing new service offerings and delivering our financial commitments to our shareholders.

We are extremely pleased with our team and feel very confident that we've put a solid group together that will best put us in a position to compete for the gold medal. The selection process was an extremely difficult one and that's a terrific statement for hockey in the United States. It means our talent pool in this country continues to grow.

Having Ally and Carly back makes a huge difference for us, and I'm really proud of how everyone was making solid contact all game.

Having a really solid drummer behind us gave us all a charge. Dave is just this gem in Pittsburgh, this national caliber drummer. We were very fortunate to have him. It's like playing a pickup basketball game with an NBA guy, it just forces you all to play better.

Having to play the No. 1 seed (Limon) isn't going to be easy for us. We just have to focus on playing solid defense and putting the ball in the basket.

Hats off to U High. They're solid across the whole board. They work hard at it, and that's why they're good. They're one of the top teams in the state, and it's good for our girls to get to play with them on a regular basis.

What I hope to change, and what I believe will happen, is the execution will be better one extra year into what we're trying to get achieved. That should be significant. We do have a solid foundation, but when you implement a new offense, particularly one that is as intricate and complicated as the West Coast offense, it takes time. You will see tremendous strides and progress from year one to year two.

He's a durable, 200-inning guy and gives us four starters capable of 180 to 220 innings. He has more upside than he's shown. In his two years with the Giants, many of his starts he had the best stuff on the staff. If he has the support of a solid club behind him and run support, he'll pitch better, with more confidence. The right manager and the right staff in place will bring it out of him.

He's a good runner. He gets his pads low and he's hard to tackle. He was player of the year in the state of Washington a couple years ago, so he's a good, solid back.

He's a good, solid big-man recruit. He's long; he runs the floor really well, excellent shooting touch from outside. Very, very physical kid around the basket. He doesn't mind contact.

He's a big kid, but he has great reflexes. He can come out of goal. He has great hands and a solid goal kick.

Harder than it had to be ... that's for sure. I was struggling to make solid contact.

What we had to do in doubles was play basic, solid tennis. The main thing with a lot of new kids is they want to hit winners or they want to push the ball. You need to be consistently firm. That?s what Eric does well, and that?s what Matt Dunne did in the second set.

He's a guy we can really count on. He plays the same way, whether it's on national TV, regional TV or no TV. He's just solid as a rock. I think he's got a great future.

We thought we executed a lot better, but we've still got a long way to go. We saw some things in the film room that, if we're playing a rock solid football team, we've got a lot to improve on.

We told our people here this morning to use the break to start buying health care again, ... Our feeling is the move over into cyclical stocks is going to be short-lived and the money will be moved back into those companies with strong solid earnings growth, like health care.

We think defensively we've played pretty solid football this season. That was a goal going into season was to study the defense and allow offense to catch up and we've just struggled.

We take exception to the negative outlook accorded to us by Moody's but this will serve as a challenge for us to build on our solid gains in improving our revenue base and eventually reducing significantly our debt levels.

With millions of people walking through the National Museum of the American Indian, there is a solid vehicle at the national level to expose people to Indian arts and crafts. This underscores what we have known all along, that these museums are important but they serve a regional rather than a national audience. It is more appropriate for a regional entity to manage them.

We're playing really solid hockey right now. Everybody wants to finish strong.

We're playing solid hockey and not making too many very big mistakes. We're not giving up a lot of opportunities, and we have to continue to play like that.

We're pleased that we are keeping our momentum, with strong growth and solid performance across all our main divisions. A strong customer focus, together with innovative products, helped expand our already strong position within healthcare, lifestyle and technology.

I love a woman who's solid in her shoes.

He's playing well and he's having a really solid year, so he's going to be confident and tough to beat,

Hunter was a big difference for us ... I thought he had a really, really solid game.

(Hughes) had a pretty solid career. I'm most happy about her growth and development as a human being. She is really taking on a leadership role.

We made it tougher on ourselves that's for sure. The only way to advance is to play solid defense and get stops, and we did that down the stretch.

We made mistakes, but fortunately it's been well advertised that we have Matt Russell. I thought we played a solid game defensively.

We must continue our united efforts to recover from the substantial losses suffered by so many and use solid information for future planning and community education to hopefully prevent this 'perfect storm' scenario from occurring again,

We must ensure that today's seniors' benefits are rock solid and find a solution that fixes Social Security for the next generation that is just entering the workforce.

We match up well with Collins, but it doesn't seem like we match up as well with Rocky. They are a powerhouse. They're just a very solid team and they beat us. But our confidence isn't shaken. We've played the best and we've beaten the best. And we know we can do it on any given day.

We met our original 2005 targets which, in view of the special charges throughout the year, is a solid achievement. A strong second half of 2005 has given us a good basis now to enter 2006 and generate further profitable growth.

He was a workhorse, on both sides of the football. He ran the ball hard, and was a focal point, shutting down the field at middle linebacker. Missing Renner makes him the featured back. Having him and Mark Wright as the one-two punch, that's still a pretty solid rushing attack.

He was absolutely as solid as a rock, no matter how much pressure, ... He loved to provide the needle when I needed the needle applied.

He was a good solid citizen of Rutland Town. I knew all of the family and they're good people.