"The comments you get most frequently are people saying, 'wow if this guy can do it with one leg, if he can getin that good a shape then I have no excuses with two legs, " says Sundquist.
My reasoning is based on the theory that either financial services firms get their loan portfolios cleaned up and ingoodshape so they generate earnings that further the recapitalization process or they struggle to stay alive.
After becoming governor of Tokyo in April last year, Ishihara quickly began to make good on his pledge to get the city's finances inshape by the end of his four-year term by cutting his own salary by 10% and his bonus by half.