11.   Los Angeles County will see continued economic recovery this year due to job growth and a gradual improvement in the residential housing sector, two forecasters said.

12.   Machinery orders by Japanese companies plummeted in June, and forecasts for the July-September quarter show only a gradual improvement as companies scale back capital investment.

13.   Recent economic indicators show a gradual improvement in capital spending and consumer spending, he said.

14.   Recent economic indicators show an gradual improvement in capital spending and consumer spending, he said.

15.   Still, Zandi and most of his colleagues are looking for gradual economic improvement beginning no later than the fourth quarter of the year.

16.   The administration projected gradual improvement in the fiscal outlook over the rest of the decade.

17.   The administration projected gradual improvement in the fiscal outlook over the remainder of the decade.

18.   The gradual improvement could be because it takes about one or two years for estrogen to reduce cholesterol levels, which can trigger heart trouble.

19.   While passenger traffic and revenues are down, the airline is seeing gradual improvement.

20.   Years of gradual improvements in membranes, declining energy costs, growing water demand and fears about groundwater contamination are combining to make widespread commercial-scale desalting viable.