1.   Although the company lost, chances of success would be greatly improved under the proposed legislation.

2.   Business improved under the management of new owners.

3.   Access to doctors has improved under managed care, said Donna Checkett, the Missouri Department of Social Services administrator in charge of Medicaid.

4.   Bristo read a message from an assistant secretary of education who predicted that compliance will improve under a new monitoring system adopted by federal bureaucrats last year.

5.   But a common sentiment among voters interviewed all over Quebec was that economic conditions have not improved under the Liberals, who have been in power for nine years.

6.   Dealing with France is always a tricky exercise for Washington policymakers, but things may improve under the new French president, Jacques Chirac.

7.   GE also said productivity improved under its Six Sigma program, which rewards workers for flawless products, Chief Executive John F. Welch said.

8.   He argued that the amount being spent is less important than how the money is spent, which he said has improved under Schools Chancellor Rudy Crew.

9.   He risked serious injury and gambled that the Longhorns would improve under first-yard coach Mack Brown.