Provided Mr Harper increases the 143 seats and 37.7% the Conservatives won in 2008, his hold on his job looks secure.
Despite the defeat, Hamilton's future in the Scottish Premier League looks secure.
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Computer gear makers have already conquered the home office and, to a lesser degree, kids' bedrooms, while the television looks secure on its throne in the living room.
For the moment at least, the prime minister's personal position looks reasonably secure, even if his Iraq policy is overwhelmingly unpopular.
Yet Canada no longer looks the secure home of public medicine, and contrast to the United States, that it once did.
Beckham will return to Milan for a second loan spell in January as he looks to secure a place in the England squad for the 2010 World Cup.
Order of Merit leader Miguel Angel Jimenez also crashed out on level par, but his Ryder Cup spot looks pretty secure with John Daly also exiting on the same mark.
Lewis-Francis will then compete in the UK indoor trials in Sheffield on 12-13 February as he looks to secure a place in the team for the European indoor championships in Paris in March, where Dwain Chambers will be looking to defend the 60m title he won two years ago in Turin.
"This investment at Hull, Immingham and Goole looks set to secure the Humber region's position as a centre of excellence for the development of the low carbon energy future".
Since there are so many security holes in web browsers, servers and operating systems, using biometrics to secure online transactions looks like overkill.
Believe it or not, there's one place in this country where the financial picture looks rosy and Wall Street seems secure.
On the heels of billions of dollars in losses following misjudged bets on the American mortgage market, the brokerage had been hoping to secure a stable investor, but that looks increasingly unlikely.
It looks as if the Democrats would have to win all of these to secure a majority in the House.
Republican support looks solid enough, give or take a few tea-partyish defections, to secure a majority in both chambers.
The city looks and feels much better than it did but that does not make the place secure and right now the city is on very, very high alert.
Parkins first started his business more than 10 years ago, but the new high-speed connection means he has been able to secure contracts with top telecoms companies around the world - all from an office that looks out onto the Atlantic, in the north Cornwall village of St Agnes.
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