71.   Reading and math scores have improved for children participating in both programs.

72.   Retail sales have improved for three straight months as pent-up demand drove shoppers to stores to buy apparel and other goods.

73.   Q. Nearly every presidential candidate in my lifetime has talked about improving benefits for veterans.

74.   Sen. Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts and Rep. Henry Waxman of California, both Democrats, have pushed the bill to improve coverage for disabled children.

75.   So officials hope to improve tactics for calming angry passengers, and keep problems away from the cockpit.

76.   Short of that, he hopes the program will improve things for those students who remain in the public schools.

77.   Some of these districts could improve for Democrats as a result of the recent Supreme Court redistricting decision that will result in the redistribution of some minority voters.

78.   Speedway Motorsports Inc., which owns Atlanta Motor Speedway, always has been considered an industry leader in trying to improve safety for NASCAR drivers.

79.   Stargardt said the forecast calls for similar weather Friday, but is expected to improve for Saturday.

80.   Strong gales thwarted efforts to launch the shuttle Discovery on Monday, and forecasters were not optimistic the outlook would improve for another attempt today.