While it's not something I'd recommend, these are solid-state devices and can be surprisingly robust.

The practice dismays many local residents but has created a surprisingly robust niche in the travel business.

The consumer spending spree was a major force in the surprisingly robust economic data released on Friday, economists said.

The relationship is surprisingly robust and does not vary significantly from region to region or over time.

But on the upside, our economy has proven surprisingly robust in recent years.

Employers hired new workers at a surprisingly robust pace last month and had to pay substantially more to find them, the Government reported today.

If history is any guide, that fifth year may be surprisingly robust.

Swedish exports also have proven to be surprisingly robust.

The American economy grew at a surprisingly robust 5.2 percent annual rate in the second quarter.

Yet the form could turn out to be surprisingly robust.