Our financial system is solid.
But the financial system is solid, and credit is available again at a price.
"If our education system is solid, but without emphasis on Darwin, it would be O.K.," said Belal Fadl, a script writer and social commentator.
Italy "is healthy," he said recently, because 83percentt of Italians own their own homes, families know how to save, the country's small and midsize businesses are extraordinary and the Italian banking system is solid.
Its operating system is solid, but it is only this year that it has started to capture significant market share in the UK smartphone market, rising to 9.2% in July 2013, up from 4.2% at the same time last year.
By most reasonable standards, the economy seems sound: the fixed exchange rate is not under pressure, the banking system is solid, exports are up 13% so far this year and the fiscal deficit, at 2.8% of GDP, looks manageable.
It is not so much that the case for contagion across the European banking system is solid, but rather that the risks are both potentially high and difficult to fathom.
The government reacted by privatising them quickly and inviting in foreigners, thus speeding modernisation: some 40% of Hungary's banking capital is now in foreign hands, and the banking system is solid.
We both agree that the operating system is solid, clean, and engaging.
The system is solid, handsome, and easy-to-use and it definitely saves on the $1.25-per-cup price of many pod makers.
