Mr. LAING: I think the strength of the group, really, is that it reflects the place where it's from.
Houston clearly draws strength from this group--he has even recreated the fraternity living experience in San Francisco, moving into the same downtown building as Smith and ten other entrepreneurs.
He tells them about his plan to hand over Michonne, and then he admits that he was wrong before, that the strength of the group is the group itself, not its leader.
The underlying strength of the VW group is that it manages to make a range of models that appeal to different segments of the market but use many of the same parts, especially in the bits of vehicles that are normally out of sight.
Many have interpreted recent high oil prices as a sign of the group's strength.
Already the group is demonstrating strength even in the face of market uncertainty.
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"In the current difficult economic environment, these results are a tangible sign of the benefit of the flexibility afforded by the Scottish Friendly group and the strength of our diversify and grow strategy, " added Mr Lovatt.
The IPO market has been murky recently, but it showed strength this week with a diverse group of offerings.
Group member Paul Madden said visitors to the island had also signed the petition but the strength of feeling about the wind turbines issue was such that group could "easily have doubled" the number of signatures.
But the main problem for the Mitsubishi group is, perversely, the strength of its financial companies.
In the January 17 issue of The New York Times, Matt Van Buren, president of the New York tristate region of CBRE Group ( CBG) explained the strength of the Manhattan submarkets: The Midtown South market is obviously coming off of a very strong 2012.
It speaks to the resilience and strength of Chinese culture in helping the particular afflicted group align its interests with the general collective society, enabling them to live out their lives enduring the pains of their life situation.
But it regained strength in the last two weeks, after members of the group met in secret with some of the outside directors.
The control group showed a decrease in soleus muscle mass and strength, the development of insulin resistance, and a loss of bone mineral density and resistance to breakage.
With that said, the pharmaceutical sector is still showing some strength lately, says Greg Ghodsi, head of the Wealth Management Group at Raymond James.
"This performance demonstrates the strength of our brand and the loyalty of our customers, " said the group's chief executive Julian Dunkerton.
As evidence, they cite a 12-week scheme using weights that helped women 64 and above to double their leg strength and a walking program that reversed decades of declining lung function in a group in their seventies.
Goldman Sachs (GS) has re-emerged as the group leader, but yesterday Bank of America (BAC) showed relative strength.
Japan's banks are beginning to disregard the value of group relationships and to price their loans according to a company's strength.
This year, the latter group is stepping up to the plate and beginning to place bets buoyed by the strength of current business results, strong balance sheets and their pent-up need to find growth.
"Judo is leveraging the strength of your enemy against him, " says Pierre Danon, president of Xerox's Channels Group, in explaining his company's strategy.
The group has recommended forming a committee to select the four teams, using a methodology that would consider strength of schedule and give more weight to conference champions.
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