111.   Large companies, which have seen their business conditions improve, want the central bank to raise rates as a signal of acknowledgment the economy has recovered.

112.   Last week, the head of World Food Programme of the UN returned from a trip into the secretive country and said conditions had significantly improved.

113.   Lately, however, his condition has improved, and he is ready to take the next slippery steps toward recovery.

114.   Many homeless people interviewed in the last few months disagreed with assertions that conditions had improved at the center.

115.   Market conditions have improved and the frequency and severity of claims have dropped, the company said.

116.   Meanwhile, conditions have improved somewhat at Vanderbilt.

117.   Meanwhile, Medscape of New York and Garden.com of Austin, Texas, postponed their IPOs yesterday until market conditions improve.

118.   Monday, Justice Freedman warned that if conditions did not improve by Thursday, the city would have to reopen a similar center in Manhattan.

119.   Now that the band has some success, touring conditions have improved greatly.

120.   Norma Allen, president of Tenants United for Better Living, said that conditions had improved at the buildings recently.