1. The grant that we receive from the Sports Council will only continue to be given if each year our membership increases. 2. At the center, attendance is up, programs and memberships have increased and laughter - as always - is in the air. 3. Shipps said church membership had also increased because earlier converts had had children. 4. All have since been released, and both groups claim their membership has increased. 5. Chinese advocates of reform say WTO membership also will increase pressure on the communist government for political change. 6. Chinese advocates of reform say WTO membership will increase pressure on the communist government for political change. 7. WTO membership also could increase pressure on the communist government to allow political reform, said Cao Siyuan, a Chinese business consultant and prominent advocate of freer markets. |