Public opinion polls show a sharp improvement in attitudes towards the United States since Mr.Obama took office in January.

VOA: standard.2009.10.09

Aside from the high jobless rate, Mr.Obama credits his $787 billion economic stimulus plan with the recent improvement in the nation's economy.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

The Ministry of Health's Lo is optimistic that the new data will show an improvement in the rate.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Wells Fargo chief economist John Silva said, "For an economist it does reflect some underlying improvement in consumer spending and in business investment.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

Continued improvement in American manufacturing was offset by further signs of weakness in the service sector.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

But Kelly said the administration wants to see improvement in human rights conditions and respect for fundamental freedoms in Cuba before it will consider normalized relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Goolsbee says recent indicators showing improvement in some sectors of the U.S.economy are encouraging Americans who had stopped looking for work to re-enter the job market.

VOA: standard.2009.06.07

Second has been the improvement in breastfeeding practices, and that goes back to a lot of community work plus support to the health centers and so on,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

(Recording) He says since former President Bill Clinton's visit to North Korea in August, there seems to have been some improvement in the tone of U.S.-North Korean relations.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Ali Nourizadeh,who runs the Center for Arab and Iranian Studies in London, says he is pessimistic about any real improvement in ties between the United States and Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

President Obama has said he would be willing to speak with Cuba's leaders, but would maintain the embargo as leverage to push for democratic change and an improvement in human rights.

VOA: standard.2009.04.07

They noted that while there is promising improvement in the pace of growth in China and the United States, they would also work together to support efforts to help countries in Europe with the challenges they face.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Speaking on behalf of the host country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an effective struggle against such problems requires significant improvement in the combat readiness and coordination of the Afghan military, police and other law enforcement agencies, which the U.S.also considers important.

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"Some positive signals have appeared in the last weeks, including the evolution of the financial markets, improvement in business expectations and some real indicators, such as export data in Asia,pointing, all of them, to a stabilization of the economy in the second part of this year and a gradual recovering in 2010,".

VOA: standard.2009.05.04

That translates into "Unfortunately, despite the most recent indicators that suggest the recovery may be in sight somewhat earlier than we were expecting only a few months ago, it will take far for the recovery to materialize in terms of significant improvement in the labor market,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

The group met to develop a quality improvement plan for dealing with the problem in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

With the gold they found in the mountains came a desire for further improvement.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

In two later trips he saw no improvement.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Economists have long assumed that job creation would lag behind overall improvement of economic conditions in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

"What the committee is saying, I think,is that the way in which the job is being done needs some improvement,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.02