Fine, but the new structure doesn't answer the perennial question of whether Barclays can make consistent and stable returns in investment banking.
Mr. Kiener, a former psychologist, was accused of luring investors with his claims of consistent and stable returns.
With the new tone, Mr. Putin appeared to be speaking to a European audience, framing Russia's position as reasonable, consistent and stable, while suggesting that the Bush administration was teetering on recklessness.
While a chemical drug must be shown to be consistent and stable, for instance, it is unclear how that standard would apply to a gene passed from generation to generation.
"We've always tried to be consistent and stable; that's been a key to the success we've been able to have," Polian said.
"The image is, however, remarkably consistent and stable despite the fact that SDO orbits Earth at 6,876 mph, and Earth orbits the sun at 67,062 mph".
Back in the '70s, they argued for 30 percent allocation to property in risk-averse pension funds, because the volatility was so low and the performance was consistent and stable over time.
"Unlike solar or wind energy that can vary in output due to weather conditions, geothermal energy is pretty consistent and stable in output and has the potential to serve as a base load for energy production," said Keiichi Sakaguchi, head of the geothermal resources research group at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.
The proposed ABCs can be built for any consistent and stable finite-difference scheme.
From this point of view, RVSIM exhibits a more consistent and stable performance than the other methods.
The post-war immigration control norm has been consistent and stable over a long period in Japan.
