But in late 2011, as it staggered through its fourth successive year of losses, AMR filed for Chapter 11, in the hope of emerging leaner, stronger and still independent.
It emerges lean and cordovan-colored, ready to be hand-trimmed and then machine-sliced, roughly 18 one-eighth-inch slices to a pound.
Once forced into an unfortunate slot as "the new U2," this Irish outfit has survived personnel changes and record-company woes to emerge lean and soulful.
They emerged lean and fit, which allowed them to reap big benefits a few years later, when the euro dropped sharply in value.
But, at the end of it, American businesses emerged leaner, quicker and more efficient.
Many firms will die, but the survivors will emerge leaner and stronger than before.
But that has now worked its way through the system, and the survivors have emerged leaner and fitter.
Kroes has consistently urged that banks shrink their business, return to savings and loans and emerge "leaner and smaller" from the crisis.
The investment by the federal government during the height of the financial crisis prevented GM from collapsing, and the company has emerged leaner and highly profitable in the years since.
[Page C1.] Japanese Economy Growing After a Decade of Problems After more than a decade of working off excessive debt, bloated payrolls and overbuilt factory capacity, Japan seems to have addressed its problems and emerged leaner and more competitive, economists say.
