21.   Meanwhile, the Agriculture Department Monday reported modest improvement in corn, soybean, spring wheat and winter wheat crop quality.

22.   Much of the increase came from Europe, although GM said its Latin American and Asia-Pacific operations reported improvements as well.

23.   Next month the rest of the big four brokerages will also report impressive improvements.

24.   Only a quarter of the women taking placebos reported improvement.

25.   Outside technicians have also reported improvements in Steinways, a heartening sign.

26.   Robert Horry reported improvement in his abdominal area, where a hematoma had bothered him last weekend.

27.   Schering-Plough, Warner-Lambert and SmithKline Beecham reported improvements.

28.   Some people report improvement with playing music or using some other sound source to distract or cover up the tinnitus noise.

29.   To that end, Bryant stayed in Los Angeles for two days to get treatment on his ailing right shoulder, and he reported significant improvement.

30.   While most cities report improvement over last year, the gap between city revenues and the growth of the domestic economy continues to widen, the report says.