61.   Still, the movie gets by, thanks to an appealing family, solid performances and a rousing climax.

62.   Taylor plans to use a solid performance as a bargaining chip with King for a match against Hopkins.

63.   That is why a solid performance by Banks will boost his image.

64.   The album features solid performances by saxophonist Branford Marsalis, pianist Kenny Kirkland, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, bassist Rodney Whitaker and drummer Jeff Watts.

65.   The baritone Haijing Fu as the Count di Luna and the veteran bass Paul Plishka as Ferrando gave solid performances.

66.   The Jazz continued to get solid performances off their bench, and John Stockton actually checked in for the first time in the series.

67.   The newcomers Eric Brewer, Barry Richter and Zdeno Chara have given surprisingly solid performances, so Milbury has not felt any pressure to play Lachance.

68.   The prototype machines, from IBM Corp. and NEC Corp., are ultralight laptops that seemed to offer solid performance during my brief tinkering session.

69.   The problems at Blockbuster overshadowed solid performances elsewhere in the company, Chairman and Chief Executive Sumner Redstone said in a statement.