1.   Stocky and strong but not always under control, Dent kept charging.

2.   The wind stayed strong but the sea was less angry.

3.   Deamand for ball bearings had remained strong but a rapid rate of growth in the car industry last year had steadied.

4.   The order book for the first few months of this year was strong but the effects had not yet appeared in the sales figures, he said.

5.   LG Investment and Securities analyst Park Jun-Beom said the fundamentals were strong but an unstable Wall Street posed a big threat.

6.   The July index showed business spending to be still strong but consumer spending on such high-budget items as houses and cars was off.