1.   Other measures included improvements in financial integration between central American countries, the linking of regional stock exchanges, and the upgrading of banking regulations and supervision.

2.   Other projects covered by the funding package include improvements to streets, buildings and the general landscape and crime prevention initiatives.

3.   Analysts say several factors are responsible for the gains, including productivity improvements, recovering overseas economies, and American leadership in key industries.

4.   And this does not include improvements in quality of life such as the widespread availabil air-conditioning, low-cost jet travel or cheap long-distance phone calls.

5.   And this does not include improvements in quality of life such as the widespread availability of air-conditioning, low-cost jet travel or cheap long-distance phone calls.

6.   But Hall said the agency needs to move faster on other fronts, including technological improvements.

7.   Energy cutbacks are part of a larger program that includes productivity improvements, price hikes for products and pollution controls.

8.   He said the Iraqis, who have publicly dismissed the new inspection system, should instead see the benefits in cooperating, including an improvement in Iraqi living standards.

9.   Indeed, he and Wolf have made quick progress on all these fronts, including sharp improvements in on-time performance.

10.   It is important to ask whether tenant improvements are included in the lease.