1.  And the United States can also look forward to better times ahead, according to investment house Midland Global Markets.

2.  And promise, like any bankrupt, to try to do better next time.

3.  A few others made half-hearted attempts to better their times and failed.

4.  Harder times for restaurants have meant, in many cases, better times for the clientele.

5.  Hope that the pixie dust works better this time.

6.  In each of her five previous victories, she had bettered her time of the year before.

7.  Indeed, they are counting on souped-up instant-messaging services to lead the troubled Internet sector to better economic times by attracting new members and revenue.

8.  King says the new management and its decision to remake the company from a savings and loan into a commercial bank point to better times ahead.

9.  Like a lot of New England hardball fans, Fenway Park reminds me of simpler, better times.

10.  Quaker State, they told themselves, was an immovable economic base that would eventually see them through to better times.