Having spent six years in the Senate, I know that fixing health care will require political will to get the votes we need, and it will take a movement for change, a solid national consensus for reform that can withstand the impact of the special interests.
Still, there is little doubt that the ANC, as the party of liberation under Nelson Mandela and others, will retain a solid majority in the national Parliament.
Abbey National, once a dull but solid British building society (thrift), moved into wholesale banking in an attempt to reduce its dependence on its traditional mortgage business, only to suffer big losses in high-yield credit and other novel businesses.
The staff ERA is a solid 3.41, fifth best in the National League.
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If we as taxpayers are going to assume the risk as stakeholders when bankers make bad decisions, we should reap the profits as shareholders when those banks are profitable again, and use that money to pay down the national debt, cut our taxes and get a solid return on our investment.
"From tidal barrages you can reasonably expect you can get 15% of UK electricity needs, that's a very solid number, " co-author Dr Nicholas Yates from the National Oceanography Centre told BBC News.
Dads play a strain of emo that has been going through resurgence in the national underground punk scene, and their messy yet tuneful songs offer a solid exemplar of the burgeoning sound.
But his support within the governing African National Congress (ANC), which took power when apartheid ended, remains solid, correspondents say.
The National Front's electoral victory is enough to form a government with a solid majority that will extend its uninterrupted reign since Malaysia gained independence from Britain in 1957.
Edward Timpson said it was a "national scandal" and urged councils to do more to make sure they have a "solid start".
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