51.   Performance improved as teachers got to know their students better.

52.   Sales will continue to improve as the USSB refines its program packages to attract more customers interested in premium channels, Hubbard said.

53.   Some Chinese interviewed say that political freedoms may improve as the Olympics looms.

54.   That was one of the things he needed to improve upon as a leadoff hitter.

55.   That should improve as more domestic participants, including new investment funds, begin trading, Woollett said.

56.   That will improve him as an athlete.

57.   The accuracy and intensity of the bombing will improve as the US lands more special forces on the ground, Rumsfeld said.

58.   The best opportunity for Chad Kilger to improve as a hockey player is to play hockey.

59.   The bank also benefited because some costs fell and systems improved as its Project Columbus -- a multiyear program to increase the efficiency of its systems --wound down.

60.   The biggest misconception that anyone has is that numbers are the only way you can improve as a baseball player.