1.   Apple believes it has licked this problem in OS X.

2.   But excuse me for thinking that e-mail had already licked the problem of how to talk to one another on line.

3.   But the company has licked that problem by letting you easily hide any or all of them.

4.   Faced with steadily dropping ratings and ongoing status as a national punch line, organizers of the Miss America Pageant thought they finally had the problem licked this year.

5.   I can lick this problem all by myself, leastwise as long as the books last.

6.   Indeed, even GE, with all its experience, has not licked the problem.

7.   Now, he adds, Apple has licked that problem under Amelio.

8.   Some funds already have licked that problem, at least for now.

9.   Supply the missing gene and the problem should be licked.

10.   The new information, they argue, could also help convince shareholders that management finally has its problems licked.