That is because Japanese stocks performed dismally from the early 1990's through last year.
After performing dismally in earlier years, the trust soared by 221 percent last year.
Students also performed dismally on the English tests, with 53 percent passing, down from 77 percent.
Margherita performs dismally, never even making it past the first turn.
While Bada's first album had strong sales, her second performed dismally.
African nations have gotten the most aid, but most performed dismally.
He performed dismally in school and dropped out when he was 15.
Although it cost over S$2 million in production, the film performed dismally at the box office.
With the government rapidly disengaging itself from the education sector, these institutions perform dismally.
Apple Computer, which is in a major revamping, continues to perform dismally, however.