And, once in a while, conditions improved a little because of foreign pressure on China to do better on human rights.
For a while, conditions improved.
While conditions in Cuba have eased, they are hardly easy.
While conditions have since improved, men on the road have been known to revert to primitivism.
While conditions vary across the country, in some facilities immigration detainees are not segregated from prisoners.
The captain, Kim, says that while conditions are taxing and demand caution, there's no need at all for concern.
While conditions began to improve by the mid-1930s, total recovery was not accomplished until the end of the decade.
Spring planting was generally ahead of the normal pace, while conditions in the natural resource sectors varied across the Districts.
Most of the first-night centre was dilapidated, while conditions in many cells were unacceptably poor and overcrowded, with toilets often filthy and many missing windows.
Ms. Bertini said that while conditions have improved in some countries -- like Bosnia, Namibia and Botswana -- they have deteriorated in others, like Afghanistan.
The protesters are angry over the lavish public spending on stadiums for the World Cup while conditions in Brazil's schools and hospitals remain woeful.
