An initial five years of improvement were followed by a three-year decline less in 2008 than previously, but still disappointing.
Thirty-five years of improvements have, however, made wind, solar power and high-tech batteries attractive.As these alternatives start to roll out in earnest, their rise, optimists hope, will become inexorable.
After two years of improvements, Spectacles v2 will reportedly be…water resistant, available in new colors and have fewer bugs.
After two years of improvements to the presses and customer service, the McPhersons acquisition paid for itself.
But thirty years of improvements have made the lake fishable, and kayakers can be seen cruising up and down along the channel.
After two years of improvement, teachers began taking attendance later in the day so that students had more time to get to school.
Her husband testified that, after two years of improvement, Robin became too sleepy to socialize; she slurred her words, and, a few times, for no reason, she spoke with a British accent.
Finally, Ventura et al documented good results in 53 patients at two years, confirmed by the 17 patients evaluated at five years of follow-up, with improvements in function and pain and complete integration of the graft within the surrounding native cartilage in 15 patients (88%) at five years.
Last week, J. D. Power and Associates released its annual North American airline satisfaction report, which showed that overall passenger satisfaction with airlines declined this year after two years of small improvements.
MAKERS of personal digital audio players readily concede that despite almost two years of gradual improvements, using the palm-size and smaller devices is still not nearly as simple as slapping a CD in a conventional CD player and pressing the Play button.
As Gilbert Millstein wrote in the The New York Times Magazine in 1959 -- shortly after George Abbott announced that he and an associate were writing a musical comedy for her -- she was "encouraged to be piquantly voluble in an English that has resolutely withstood improvement in almost five years of residence in this country and to bat her eyes at Mr. Paar".
