1.  Defensively we have to improve.

2.  Defensively, he and Rogers will be matched up against some of the league's top scorers, so that aspect must improve.

3.  Defensively, he immediately improves the outfield.

4.  Cued speech was dwarfed by the focus on signing, but Cornet, a physicist and mathematician with hearing, pressed on to improve literacy among the deaf students.

5.  DeGraan said his agenda is to boost revenue by building on Hawley's initiatives and improving execution.

6.  Degussa said that although earnings at Asta Medica improved in the first-quarter, it plans further reorganization to boost profit at the pharmaceutical unit.

7.  Delaney said that while those are admirable goals they would detract from improving academic performance, the primary focus the court has set for the district.

8.  Descarpentries said he expects Bull to "significantly improve" its net profit in 1997 while increasing sales.

9.  Design bureaus, which used to improve planes and even find buyers, are now separate from production companies, and sometimes even compete with them.

10.  Designed to help start-up businesses draw potential investors and improve operations by examining internal operations.