1.   But what good is improving relations if the plight of the Cuban players is not improved?

2.   Government officials have made repeated promises to improve the plight of women, but they have failed to act, she said.

3.   He and Stiglitz ticked off a list of measures the Clinton administration has backed to improve the plight of low-income workers.

4.   Negotiations to improve the plight of the Indians have been mostly fruitless.

5.   Russian officials insist the move will improve the plight of the refugees, who have been trapped in primitive camps in the neighboring republic, Ingushetia.

6.   There are few Romanian-based government and private programs directed at improving the plight of these lost children.

7.   Before departing for a U.N. summit on poverty in Mexico, Chavez defended his efforts to improve the plight of the poor.

8.   Best-selling author J.K. Rowling has called on the government to improve the plight of more than one million lone parent families living in poverty.

9.   But Bush also proposes to improve the plight of Cuban people with an array of initiatives meant to bolster humanitarian assistance and communication with the island nation.

10.   Domingo Siazon, the current secretary of foreign affairs, said Estrada will travel less and focus more on improving the plight of Filipino overseas workers.