31.   Fran Healy has signed a three-year deal to remain a Mets analyst for SportsChannel, recognition of his marked improvement working with Howie Rose.

32.   He raised questions about how the Delaware poll was conducted and emphasized the other states where Democrats appeared to be showing marked improvement but were mostly still behind.

33.   He said it would be his policy to give each troubled school one school year to show marked improvement.

34.   He has been fighting through the worst slump he can remember -- a struggle more notable for his tenacity than any marked improvement before Thursday.

35.   Henderson and other public health experts said while many states have made marked improvements in the last year, much more needs to be done.

36.   I think it was a marked improvement how we confronted the puck carriers.

37.   In that period, Burvant said, there was marked improvement in three critical areas.

38.   It was third in on-time performance for July, sustaining a marked improvement over the past year.

39.   It would be wrong to say the upbeat attitude is a marked improvement over last season, when confidence was also high.

40.   Jun sees more weightlifters using stability balls to overcome workout plateaus, points where marked improvement ceases.