I definitely put horses into races where I knew they would improve afterward.
If you struggle to get eight hours of sleep a night, a siesta can have a "reset" effect, and your productivity improves afterward.
My performance in school did improve afterward, but if I'd thought about chasing those results, or recommended those experiences to others, there's just no way the same benefits would follow.
Finally, since we're rounding up today's iTablet speculation, let's have Joe Wilcox's latest offering (one of a series, it feels like), who also happens to have a list of five fiveve things I know about the Apple tablet" - which starts off unpromisingly with "it's mythical" but improves afterward.
The accuracy of American drone strikes against the Mehsud network improved soon afterward: the result of information gleaned by Pakistani intelligence operatives using informants inside the network, communications intercepts, and satellite imagery shared by the American and Pakistani intelligence services, according to the officials.
He sounded none the better afterward, although the Mets plan to wait an additional day or two to see whether Alou, a notoriously slow healer, somehow improves quickly.
People feel better afterward.
PP2A and PTPA loops at the interface with conformational changes were gradually built after the electron density map was improved; ATPγS was added afterward.
Afterward, NASA improved hundreds of parts and systems, including the flawed booster rocket that had doomed Challenger.
Within six days of receiving the dog, Marsha had improved markedly and shortly afterward she was discharged from the hospital.
They said they were seeking to shut down the complex, which holds tons of nuclear bomb fuel, and they succeeded for a few days: the Energy Department conducted a stand-down to improve security in afterward.
