But it will have done little, for all that, to quell Tory nerves set jangling by UKIP's rise.The Tory candidate in Newark, Robert Jenrick, won with a robust majority of 7,000 votes, despite the hostile circumstances in which the election was held.
Guerin said the time off would have been miserable had the Islanders lost a game they seemed destined to win after a robust second period.
Robust trading profits have helped offset poor results in its consumer businesses this year, but it has also won a bigger share of the investment advisory business.
Nevertheless, it has won a symbolic success.
In another interview, Rove offered this formula for winning elections: "Have a robust domestic and foreign agenda.
Can't quite cut it at the highest level but talented and robust enough to win a race like this under a fair weight, like the one he has been given here.
Supporters of May said she disapproved of tactical voting and wanted to win a proper mandate through an "open, honest, robust debate".
Paludiculture – which can be as simple as as planting water reeds to absorb excess nutrients from water bodies – is a win-win for environmentalists, maintaining a robust carbon sink and threatened peatlands in countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia.
After Saturday's win Kenwright offered a robust defence of the Spanish manager he appointed to succeed David Moyes in June 2013.
Return on equity was a robust 26%.
