Representative Edward J. Markey, a senior Democratic member of the House Energy Committee, is comparing the situation to a person watching a friend in poor shape who suffers a heart attack.
"This appears to be a case where a bear in very poor shape is desperately trying to find food," Andrew Derocher, a University of Alberta professor of biology who studies polar bears, told BuzzFeed News.
While lack of imports could in theory stimulate local producers, Russian agriculture is in poor shape – a legacy of a country where businesses that generate instant income, like oil and gas, take priority over those that need investment and care to be taken out of decline first.
The net result is a transition from a four-helix bundle with poor shape complementarity with LapG to a two-helix bundle and an overall shape that is able to accommodate LapG.
Van den Berg was a weekend caver in relatively poor shape ("I get most of my exercise moving a mouse around," he told me).
And unlike "Portrait of a Man," which was always in good condition, this canvas has been in poor shape for a long time.
As spirits rise in boardrooms and on trading floors, so does the number of deals and their cost.In the first phase, usually when the economy is in poor shape, just a handful of deals are struck, often desperation sales at bargain prices in a buyer's market.
The Iraqi army remains in very poor shape, boasting a frontline combat strength of about 48,000 troops versus nearly 210,000 at the height of its effectiveness in 2009.
It is in poor shape to face a presidential election.
The company, which has seen its stock price sink to the point that it is virtually worthless, is in poor shape after recording a $252 million operating loss for Q2 2015.
The world is in poor shape to deal with a Trump Presidency.
