21.   After Hernandez missed a breakaway shot for Mexico in the ninth minute, things began to improve for the Americans.

22.   Aged in wood for three years, it should last and improve for another three or four.

23.   After the surgery, Matthew did not begin to improve for several days.

24.   Also, prospects are improving for South American crops.

25.   All those species are improving for various reasons, said Kalani Cairns, an assistant field supervisor for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Vero Beach.

26.   Burke is confident things will improve for the Coyotes off the ice, too, and that eventually the Coyotes will be playing in their own arena.

27.   Business is improving for many transporters.

28.   But Blatner, the former child-welfare official, said private management would improve care for children.

29.   But despite notable progress made in curing several of the more hidden cancers, once oral cancer develops, the chances of surviving it have not improved for decades.

30.   But he acknowledges that prospects have noticeably improved for him over the past several months.