There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving and that is your own self.    From LearnThat.org.  [Aldous Huxley]

Verb (used without object) : The military situation is improving. ,None of the younger violinists have been able to improve on his interpretation of that work.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used with object) : He took vitamins to improve his health. ,He improved the stopover by seeing a client with offices there.    From Dictionary.com. 

Pelosi has opening stated she will work on, what she calls improving the current bill (ie single payer).    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Sullivan says university officials are attributing the increase to what he called the improving academic reputation at the university.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

They invest in improving their homes and purchasing cattle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ruined, Ruined, Mexico Is All Ruined!] Reference

We must invest in improving the health of our children today.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Rachael Ray Goes To Washington] Reference

We must assist them in improving their awful living standards.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Considerations in Canadian Foreign Policy] Reference

Auditors need to play a role in improving reporting transparency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Post Enron: Accountants and Accountability] Reference

We have even made progress in improving household recycling rates.    From Wordnik.com.  [Britain is growing greener at the expense of the rest of the world] Reference

He set out to sell excess land and reinvest in improving operations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Man Behind the Curtain] Reference

And so, our budget takes the first step in improving the current system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Canada's 1997 Budget] Reference

The role of unions in improving working conditions is fully acknowledged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Not Apply Tomorrow's Disciplines Today?] Reference

So, investing in improving employee mental health is indeed good for business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children's Mental Health is Everybody's Business] Reference

We have started to make some progress in improving the lot of victims of crime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Priorities of My New Office] Reference

This kind of walling would stand next to paving in improving the health of towns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not] Reference

To my mind the best hope of avoiding grave errors lies in improving the quality of our Human Capital.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems of National Maturity] Reference

Moreover, our progress in improving the deficit last year was markedly better than the United States '.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Update of the Economic and Fiscal Situation] Reference

For Glaxo Wellcome, this is an opportunity to take an active role in improving health outcomes in patients.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global Economic Pressures and the Quest for New Medicines] Reference

This is not to say of course that we are not actively engaged in improving our economic relationship with Japan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Japan—Neither the Sword nor the Chrysanthemum] Reference

You must concentrate not only on job opportunities, but take more active steps in improving the applicant -- you.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wendy N. Powell: The Career Hangover: What Do You Do?] Reference

I bet Fox was taking a close look at our lauded Mayor Villarreal, who is working miracles in improving San Miguel.    From Wordnik.com.  [Presidente Fox comes to San Miguel] Reference

AIV fodder has frequently assisted in improving the condition of animals, their fertility and resistance to disease.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945 - Presentation Speech] Reference

An increased budget was essential in improving the quality of services and making them accessible to all citizens. 67.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trafficking Materials and Gendered Experimental Practices: Radium Research in Early 20th Century Vienna] Reference

Aspects of visual art have proved very helpful in improving students 'capacity to detect patterns in geometry or biology.    From Wordnik.com.  [Learning Through The Arts] Reference

Those that are diligent and faithful in improving the light and means they have shall have further discoveries made them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)] Reference

This project is examining the roles of both vitamins A and B6 in improving health outcomes, growth and nutritional status.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sickle cell disease research at The Children's Hospital] Reference

One way of Commonality of interest Short-term improving competitiveness is to increase the number of suppliers in a market.    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference

Had it made any difference, either in improving the performance of government or in reducing its cost, or was it all for show?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why Americans Hate the Media] Reference

The exam had a major overhaul recently, attesting to the interest that DCRA has in improving standards for professional guides.    From Wordnik.com.  [CLOSE TO HOME] Reference

Much of his great wealth he expended in improving his capital, erecting forts, and promoting the internal benefit of his kingdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

A goodly number of low income countries have a positive record in improving population quality and in acquiring useful knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theodore W. Schultz - Prize Lecture] Reference

Moreover, the evidence is accumulating that there are huge gains to be had from investing in improving mental health at the workplace.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children's Mental Health is Everybody's Business] Reference

In other words, the media can play a role in improving things in this country too, just look for the silver linings in the data .... too.    From Wordnik.com.  [David C. Wilson: What's the Real Story behind Obama's Poll Numbers? They're all Relative.] Reference

Their determination to continue to resist the enemy at great personal sacrifice was also ultimately instrumental in improving their plight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Robinson, Paul K.] Reference