iron-clad

This is not what a lawyer would call an iron-clad contract, but it is a strong moral bond on any reasonably decent human being.

How to Sell Anything to Anybody Joe Girard Stanley H. Brown 2005

The disadvantage is that this takes just as long as to write the story, but the advantage is that it lets me get the plot logic iron-clad.

Writing Question: Creating a Plot odysseyworkshop 2009

For more than two decades, China's philosophy of monetary management and financial development has been based on a closed-economy system: maintaining low and stable interest rates without having to worry about external arbitrage, breezily adopting economic stimulus when needed without concern about the banking system's asset quality, propping up banks with historically high nonperforming loan ratios and fixed-cost pricing, and keeping iron-clad control over the exchange rate.

Why China Is a Financial Midget Jonathan Anderson 2011

James Fuller , MEAG's chief financial officer, said contracts that back the $2.7 billion in bonds sold last year are essentially iron-clad.

Nuclear-Related Muni Debt Is Likely to Face Pressure Romy Varghese 2011

Such issues have led some investors to question what would normally appear to be an iron-clad takeover offer.

Not All Shaky Chinese Stocks Need Be Harbingers of Doom John Jannarone 2011

Huh? Even apparently this iron-clad logic of human psychology has only actually worked this way in the past 20 years.

Matthew Yglesias » The Filibuster Was Never a Good Idea 2010

Last year, the band released "The Monitor," a loosely configured concept album that shoehorned in home-state references to Bruce Springsteen, Walt Whitman and the Newark Bears minor-league baseball team, as well as to the iron-clad Civil War ship of the title.

Born to Run Through the Entire Garden State Andy Beta 2011

If the dispute over settlements was solely based on security or political issues, it could be reconciled through good-faith negotiations and iron-clad security guarantees.

Alon Ben-Meir: The Settlers' Movement Is a Threat to Peace and Israel's Existence Alon Ben-Meir 2012

The industry needs hefty and iron-clad government subsidies in the form of loan guarantees, tax subsidies, liability limits and caps, risk insurance, production tax credits for units of nuclear generated electricity, and shut down subsidies in case of accident, repairs, and construction delays.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Japan Notwithstanding, Few in Washington Will Ever Dare say No to Nuclear Energy Earl Ofari Hutchinson 2011

But the corporate world fears anything less than an iron-clad exemption could be a wedge to heavier regulation in the future.

Risk Rule Riles Main Street Victoria McGrane 2011