21.   According to the official blurb, it means more consistent and comfortable shifting with improved performance and fuel economy.

22.   Manager Ken Knott is optimistic of an improved performance tonight.

23.   Analysts also expect improved performance at the power systems, medical and locomotive units.

24.   Analysts said Great Universal Stores chose to focus on the poorer performance of the U.K. catalogue shopping business instead of focusing on the improved performance of the other units.

25.   And each of its divisions, except for the music business, reported improved performance.

26.   And there is no proven correlation between improved vision and improved athletic performance.

27.   Another factor was improved global economic performance, Donne said.

28.   Another possibility is the improved performance of NBC- owned and -affiliated stations, many of which produce local newscasts leading into the network newscasts.

29.   Asked why they used smokeless tobacco, the majority of players cited improved athletic performance as the main reason.

30.   Athletes do, however, report improved performance.