Many in the House stopped short of calling the bill a solid victory for women, however.

But the contract extension and one solid victory do not change the facts that the team has fallen on hard times.

On election day Clarke carried the district winning a solid victory.

This time the Italians could claim a solid victory, and did.

There must be more, but even if there were two or three times as many, it was still a solid victory.

We need but a few solid victories, though, to turn the tide.

Yet, when the national election commission announced results, turnout figures were reported to be above 90 percent, with solid victories for the governing party.

Few people dispute that the Supreme Court decision was a solid victory.

The Bush forces were counting on a result somewhere in between, which would give them a solid victory.

A solid victory would quiet the talk; a narrow one might turn the volume down.