41.   Any economic improvement has yet to trickle down to the general population, however, and millions of Russians continue to struggle to pay for food and housing.

42.   Audience members again hissed at Kuchma when he began speaking of economic improvements in the country.

43.   But any economic improvement has yet to trickle down, and millions of Russians continue to struggle to pay for food and housing.

44.   But in the end, Gore convinced her he would be the best choice to keep economic improvements coming to battered industrial areas such as Flint.

45.   But individual officials said the group took aim at policies that will continue economic improvement.

46.   Despite some economic improvements, poverty also remains widespread in the oil-rich nation.

47.   Despite some signs of an economic improvement, Japan is still struggling to pull out of its worst economic downturn since World War II.

48.   Demands for political change and economic improvements led to his being stripped of power at a national conference.

49.   Earlier this month, Suharto complained that an IMF action plan had not delivered any economic improvement and had only made life harder for millions of Indonesians.

50.   Earlier, Yushchenko refrained from direct criticism of Kuchma, opting instead for a moderate, yet unequivocally reformist stance that stressed economic improvement.