61.   The Expos are betting that Guerrero improves as his career progresses.

62.   The idea probably improved as you tested it under various conditions.

63.   The market for closed-end investment funds is slowly improving as an increasing number of fund managers take steps to boost performance.

64.   The lower rates are likely to benefit shares of companies whose performance improves as rates decline, such as heavily leveraged utilities and banks like NationsBank Corp.

65.   The prospects for mortgage securities may also improve as the supply of new loans declines in autumn, he said.

66.   The remarkable thing about Owens is that, though tangled in adversity and controversy, he continues to improve as a player.

67.   The prospects for the bonds may improve as issuance of new mortgage securities tapers off during the slower fall housing season, he said.

68.   The rise was fueled by expectations that its second-half earnings will improve as the company harvests revenue from its costly line expansion, analysts said.

69.   The size and number of corporate payouts to shareholders improved as the year went on.

70.   The Suns had improved as a team throughout the season, he said.