Every company has certain problems. They're not in good shape, but thanks to Audi at Volkswagen, and the commercial vehicles business of DaimlerChrysler, they aren't in such bad shape either.
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Related Volkswagen has made a strategic decision to expand in the area of heavy commercial vehicles, in line... FERDINAND PIECH Consumers have a lot of debt, but they are not in bad shape. AARON SMITH The bodies were in such bad shape they said there was no other way. JULIA ALLEN it's hard to throw for 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns in good shape or bad shape. BRETT FAVRE the business is in very good shape CLARA FURSE Many of us are dealing with health problems or wives with health problems who are in bad shape. ALLEN MERRITT We need to do something; this system is in such bad shape. MELANIE ANDERSON We want to get in good shape. We want to see who's in shape and who's not in shape. We want to get t... FRANK HALISH The way the bad news from Deutsche has been handled by the market shows we're not in bad shape right... LEX WERKHEIM The company is in great shape. JEFFREY SKILLING There were serious problems with the ceilings, which were in really bad shape. It was frightening to... ELADIO REYES Every memory makes me who I am right now, in this moment. Good or bad, all experiences shape you. L.H. COSWAY We're in good shape because our offence has been very good at this point. JOHN GIBBONS The AOL business has been in terrible shape the last year and a half, YOUSSEF SQUALI My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes. CHRISTINE LAHTI Thanks a lot. It was because of you that I actually got in shape. BILL BRADLEY He's not in good shape. LOU DIBELLA The entire family went through therapy, me last, finally at my wife's urging that I was in such bad ... GARY REQUA Acting is a tough business, and you need to be in good shape mentally and physically. JULIETTE BINOCHE Human’s mind is the most valuable thing to shape every progress, but also the root cause of all ma... PEARL ZHU Managers at headquarters now have an up-to-the-minute picture of how every part of the retail busine... HARM HARMENZON If the other team has three baskets at halftime, you should be in good shape. CARL WILLIAMS We're doing what we can with the resources we have. We're not in bad shape at all. JEFF HUNT You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. DR. SEUSS They cut maybe a little too much. They cut costs and now their costs are in pretty good shape. But t... JEFF LONG We are not engrossed in total sunshine, but we're in good shape. JIM BRANDT I'm in good shape. GARY LINEKER There was good, there was bad and there was ugly. I think we've got to clean up the bad and ugly. I ... BOB HOWELL Without basic restructuring, the losses at the Volkswagen brand won't be eliminated. Our analysis su... FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER Strong product continues to drive DaimlerChrysler past General Motors and Ford. DaimlerChrysler has ... BRIAN BRUCE He's not in good shape. The brain started swelling and they were inducing a coma. LOU DIBELLA Stock investors have concluded that the economy was in good shape before Hurricane's Katrina and Rit... JAMES AWAD They are all in very good shape at the moment, the head coach told me. KANJI KAMEOKA Shape Branding & Design. Our 6 step design process will help you shape your visual communication... SHAPE BRANDING I want to leave this company in the best possible shape. KAREN KAIN They're still in really bad shape. JAY GALLAGHER It was really in bad shape. JEFF KRONSCHNABL Our men were a little flat, but took care of business. We're in really good shape with all the train... DAVE TALBOTT This early forecast has put us in good shape. RANDY SMITH You're in pretty good shape for the shape you are in. DR. SEUSS These are all problems in which a shape needs to be modified. In the case of solder, you are talking... GANESH SUBBARAYAN These are all problems in which a shape needs to be modified. In the case of solder, you are talking... GANESH SUBBARAYAN These are all problems in which a shape needs to be modified. In the case of solder, you are talking... GANESH SUBBARAYAN I don't get sick of being naked, but the added pressure is staying in really good shape, because... SAM TRAMMELL The knee felt good and once the game started I didn't have any problems. I'm not in shape. Once I sl... DAVID PADGETT They're in bad shape. It makes you feel good doing a little bit to give back, BILL MCCARTNEY That's pretty good. If we can take care of business at home, and win those last two road games we ha... GERALD COX It's a good deal for DaimlerChrysler. They can now focus on the original business. FRIEDRICH DIEL And all this while the subtle-souled girl asking herself why she was born, why sitting in a room, an... THOMAS HARDY I think we're going to be in pretty good shape at the end of the day, but you never know, GEORGE DARDEN Thorpe said they were bad swims but, for anyone else, that's a world-class performance. You don't sw... DEAN PRICE He came in prepared and in good shape. When you come in as good of shape as he was, you can take tho... BRIAN VILORIA From what we're hearing, the infrastructure seems in such bad shape, it doesn't seem reasonable to s... DAVID RAMSAY I knew we were in good shape, but I didn't think we'd be at the top. KATE JONCAS I'm in pretty good shape. As far as football shape, I don't know. Football shape is totally differen... BUBBA FRANKS He arrived in good shape, conscious, I talked to him, he expressed his appreciation and his thanks f... LEILA SHAHID Strange to dream in the right shape and build in the wrong shape, but maybe that is what we do every... JEANETTE WINTERSON If they weren't here, then we would really be in bad shape, in terms of our (minority) ratio. REBECCA COOPER I think my arm is still in shape from then. I'm not in spring training shape right now, I'm in begin... ADAM LOEWEN Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles. As weather shapes... WARREN BENNIS Earnings are in good shape, but the outlook is cloudy. JUERGEN LUKASSER I'm in pretty good shape. As far as football shape, I don't know. Football shape is totally differen... BUBBA FRANKS He works so hard. It's even hard to swallow because he keeps himself in such good shape. GREGORY CAMPBELL They exited the year with inventories in pretty darn good shape. DAN POOLE I was death. I was not in good shape. MARK LYE in pretty good shape. JOSEPH DAVIS Be as soft as possible, if something good and wise wants to shape you; be as hard as possible, if so... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN It's in bad shape and will take a complete, major restoration. HAROLD MENTZER LET ME SHAPE YOUR WORLD ♥ does such shape fit? ;-) SVETLANA SHCHEDRINA | LUCKYOPTIMIST The players and pitchers keep themselves in better shape year-round. They never let themselves get o... GENE LAMONT We're in good shape, but the message is we have to be vigilant. DR. JESSIE WING The loss of blood was massive. I knew he was in bad shape. ANGELO CRUZ He's pretty healthy and in good shape. BILL SORENSEN Overall, we're in good shape. LARRY LEPIDI That is a big and complex code. If you take problems like finding the optimal shape for common autom... GANESH SUBBARAYAN When you compare that to the industry multiple of 13.5, these stocks look a little overpriced but th... BRIAN TUNICK [PELICAN ISLAND:] Pretty bad shape, ... It's been breached in several areas and there's not much san... GREGORY STONE They were able to start a fire and they were in good shape when we found them. BRAD BELKE Now we're looking at power in the rest of the platform. The CPU is in relatively good shape. JUSTIN RATTNER It appeared to be in good shape. KURT ANDERSON Love in every way, shape and form is universal. GEORGE OTERO They were all in pretty good shape. They were a little dehydrated, cold. ARLEY FLAHERTY He's not in shape yet. Once he gets in shape, he'll get there. JACK TURNER I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in ... DONALD O'CONNOR The fact that we are in such good shape with storage is what the market is focused on now. CARL NEILL The press was still in good shape but we were facing obsolescence. DOUG SANFORD In both fees and commissions, they're in good shape. JACK ABLIN It sounds like we've got to get in shape, or stay in shape. It sounds like a pretty good deal. BRANDON CAMERON It's a good deal. It's an operation that is not essential to the future of Volkswagen, while at the ... TOM SHRAGER [Volkswagen] is a company in crisis, ... People need to understand that. They have to change. WOLFGANG BERNHARD I like revisiting, at certain times, spots where I was once happy; I like to shape the present in th... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY The reality is that the economy is in great shape. It's created lots of good jobs?not bad jobs. We h... EDWARD YARDENI The interior should not take a whole lot of work because it's in good shape. CHARLENE ORR Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008,... JAMES BUCHAN We'll leave them in good shape. SYLVIA OCHS It's in pretty good shape, considering. FRITZ HAMER It was in very good shape. KAREN HECHLER Practice is not something you do to keep in shape; it's something that gets you in shape FAISAL KHOSA It's a big hindrance. If we were playing in the Maui Classic, we'd be in seriously bad shape. But we... RICK PITINO Life would give her everything of consequence, life would shape her, not we. All we were good for wa... HELEN HAYES
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