1.   Conditions were not much better during the three years of de facto Chechen independence.

2.   It was the kind of team you expected to get better during the course of the year.

3.   Most sights look better during the day.

4.   New York City firefighter Bill Doody is one of those heroic figures who makes people feel better during a tragedy like this because of people like him.

5.   Now a postal worker in Anchorage, Alaska, Christie said relations between black and white soldiers were better during his two Ranger tours in Vietnam than stateside.

6.   The backdrop for investors could hardly have been better during the third quarter.

7.   The pitching news was a lot better during the game than before.

8.   They got better and better during the Waco and Whitewater hearings.

9.   Things got better during the Freeway Series.

10.   Veteran teams are generally better during late-game situations, better at avoiding letdowns and more poised during the playoffs.