21.   Romania, a former Warsaw Pact country that hopes to join the Western defense alliance later this year, said its chances had improved with its military reforms.

22.   Still, it was unclear whether peace chances had really improved.

23.   UNEMPLOYED people with less than secondary education will get the chance to improve their job chances with a nine-month full-time comprehensive basic skills program.

24.   With Lotus, IBM also will get the chance to improve its personal computer software business, a market in which it has lagged.

25.   Bushney said that his team will take the chance to improve their technical knowledge by spectating from the ringside over the remaining five days of the championships.