51.   Reuben had done everything he could to improve his prospects.

52.   Senate campaign finance hearings chaired by Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., have improved the prospects for ultimate passage, McCain said.

53.   Some say that he delayed confronting the problems and seeking help in part to improve the prospects that his party would win the presidential elections last December.

54.   Some lawmakers said the fast-growing budget surplus improved the prospects for passage of a major Medicare overhaul.

55.   Small-business people, too, seek to use the Internet to improve their prospects.

56.   Strength in numbers can improve the prospects for a budget request.

57.   Strengthening the alliance through joint brand names would only improve its prospects, he said.

58.   Strengthening the alliance through joint brands would only improve its prospects, he said before the press conference.

59.   Strengthening the alliance through joint brand names would only improve its prospects, he said before the press conference.

60.   Such a dialogue could also improve prospects for regional security at a delicate moment for China and the rest of Asia.