Would the economy improve, stay the same or get worse?
And the ones who don't improve stay stuck.
One asks whether the person expects business conditions to improve, stay the same or worsen.
Universal spokesperson Cindy Gardner maintains that the studio is working on ways to improve: "Stay tuned". Film buffs and historians have easier access to more classic films than ever before.
(Probes: Can you tell me more about that? In what ways does it affect your life?) Do you expect your neck and back problems will improve, stay the same, or get worse in the future?
If you can put everything you and your teacher discussed into practice in the long-term it's likely your grades will improve, stay good and get even better.
For every Mike Blair, who seemed a bag of nerves out here, there was a Mike Phillips, bristling with determination, improving, staying in the face of arch-rivals.
Dylan improves "Stay with Me," Sinatra's theme song from Otto Preminger's "The Cardinal"; turns in a lovely, melancholy version of "The Night We Called It a Day"; and lets Donny Herron's pedal steel do the talking in "Where Are You?" All the songs have long histories and long memories.
"I think we can conclude that the ability to buy in bulk and consolidate administrative functions will lead to economies of scale and cost reduction over the long run," she said, "but if you are talking of patient outcome, it takes several years and quite a bit of statistical data before you can conclude that patient care has improved, stayed the same or worsened".
If not, the patient will be asked: Has your illness improved, stayed the same, or worsened since its onset?
