It would just be nice to have some solid empirical evidence on the size and direction of these effects before taking a final stand on the issue.

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Fidelity Value has achieved solid results investing in primarily mid-size U.S. companies.

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Solid majorities of independents favor reining in the size of big banks and the speculative incentives that led to the need for bailouts, as well as making sure the banks -- and not the public -- pay the cost should there be another collapse.

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Both films, with budgets a fraction of the size of Transformers', have proved to be solid hits for Disney and Warner Bros.

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After the milk coagulates the resulting solid curd is placed into an industry specific round form the size of a wheel of cheese.

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And we do mean hefty -- this laptop apparently tips the scales at 1.88 Kg, which puts it a touch over the four pound mark. 4.1 pounds certainly isn't shoulder busting, but it's a solid half a pound more than you'd expect from a machine of this size.

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Regardless of its size, the L3 II at least feels as if it's made with solid build quality.

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Although STX is developing thinner hybrid drives to compete with solid-state drives, we think PC manufacturers prefer the latter due to their lower battery demand and smaller size.

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Despite 30 years of solid scientific evidence showing that we have a set point, a sort of internal thermostat which regulates our individual size, speeding up and slowing down our metabolism depending upon our food intake, cueing us to eat and sending full messages when we've eaten enough.

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