The average American worker still produces a third more than his Japanese counterpart, but these averages are skewed by Japan's wretched performance in services and agriculture.
And then there are the funds with wretched performance that fill their reports with euphemism in an attempt to put the best face on a bad year.
'Off the Ball Quick' McNeil, who was benched two weeks ago after two wretched performances, started the game because of an injury to Johnny Hector.
Milbury later said he simply wanted to catch his players' attention one day after a wretched performance against the Hartford Whalers.
Despite a wretched performance by Kenny Rogers tonight, the Yankees were powerful, resourceful and successful once again.
The wretched performance of many commercial banks, including many of the biggest, in the last decade has been casually attributed to stupidity or venality.
Owning a PowerBook, one grows accustomed to silent computing along with wretched performance.
He surely knew that another wretched performance could force the Yankees to bounce him from the rotation or consider demoting him to the minor leagues.
That wretched performance included so much of what was wrong with the Rangers, who will miss the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season.
Cameron's wretched performance today enables me to dub him - the High Priest of Vacuity.