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Learning to express ideas well in both writing and speech, knowing how to find information, and knowing how to do research are all solid background skills for a wide variety of roles, and such training is more important than any particular major in a liberal arts college.

Solid background knowledge in a particular field

Yes, yes, he had on a dark sweater, a solid color.

"Say, you know, this is the best student I've ever had," says Kuheli Dutt, a social scientist and diversity officer at Columbia University's Lamont campus. "Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: 'The candidate was productive, or intel

As I sat blocked and clueless for two solid days, I momentarily wondered if I couldn't just call an expert on the subject matter which I was tackling, or someone who took the class previously, to get me going.

Compare those excellent letters with a merely good letter: The candidate was productive,or intelligent,or a solid scientist or something that's clearly solid praise, but nothing that singles out the candidate as exceptional or one of a kind.

There's solid evidence that there are huge differences in the effectiveness of teachers.

It is difficult to find solid evidence to prove environmental friendliness generates more profits than exploiting the natural environment.

Elsewhere in Antarctica, Russian researchers boast of their recent discovery of a freshwater reserve the size of Lake Ontario after drilling through miles of solid ice.

They form a solid basis for policy making.

Its conclusion is not based on solid scientific evidence.

His solid foundation in math theory.

What he tried to do was to teach a male dolphin called Bass and a female called Doris to communicate with each other across a solid barrier.

It sits firmly on solid rock at the bottom of the ocean.

I once intended to sell it, but now, I'm thinking of turning it into a guest house, because it's still a solid structure

Within samples collected from the solid substances lying beneath the ice.

They found fossils of microscopic marine plants which suggest that the region was once open ocean not solid ice

Annually, the world generates 1.3 billion tons of solid waste.

Because children's brain and behavioral disorders, like hyperactivity and lower grades, can also be linked to social and genetic factors, it's tough to pin them on exposure to specific chemicals with solid 33 statistical evidence, which is what the EPA re

The liquid is maintained above its melting point until steam is required, at which point the liquid is allowed to turn back into a solid, releasing its stored energy.

They hope to reduce both the number of components needed in a construction job and their weight一by replacing solid supports with hollow tubes, for example.

When heated, these materials turn from a solid into a liquid, absorbing energy as they change phase.

At last - she never knew how long it had taken her - she felt solid ground under her feet.

The strategy also aims to ensure that carbon in woody material removed from the forests is locked away in the form of solid lumber or burned as biofuel in vehicles that would otherwise run on fossil fuels.