G.M. chose California as its test state in part because it has performed so poorly there in recent years, with a market share of 13.5percentt, far below its national average, which is just below 20percentt.
But decided against the plan after investors urged the company to keep the unit because it was performing so well.
"An I.C.D. is like having an emergency room implanted in your chest," because it can perform so many vital and possibly life-preserving functions, said Dr. Douglas Zipes, a leading electrophysiologist at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Kelly Kahl, the chief scheduler for CBS, said yesterday that the network chose Thursday because CBS had performed so poorly on that night this season.
Mr. Wong, who was a passionate recreational basketball player until he was slowed by injuries, hardly missed the Knicks during the first few weeks of the blackout because the team performed so poorly.
Indeed, even though he had not won a single race this year, he still started Sunday with a shot at the title because he had performed so consistently this season.
A naive belief that house prices could never fall at the national level encouraged excessive speculation and lax lending, thereby precipitating an eventual collapse.It is tempting to assume that because equities have performed so badly over the past decade, they must be a sure thing to perform well over the next ten years.
The "disappointing" outcome on the deficit - which fell just £6bn to more than £90bn this year - was "because the economy performed so poorly in the first half of the Parliament, hitting revenues very hard", said Mr Johnson.
There are, however, glowsticks, so HELLZZZZ YEAH! Christina goes on some completely absurd rant about Terry's work ethic, because he's performed "so many" songs tonight and he's still "plowin' through" every single time.
Because forearm plating is performed so commonly, it is important to consider the biomechanical properties of implants to appropriately apply them in patients.
