Mother Jones believed that unions represented the best hope for coal miners and other workers to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2009.03.16

Today we talk about a method that helps provide low-income people with the financial services they need to improve their lives.

VOA: special.2010.06.16

Doctors operated on him later that year to try to improve the flow of blood from his heart.

VOA: special.2010.02.07

A big part of this prediction is based on signs that the housing market is beginning to improve.

VOA: special.2009.05.08

One theory is that the shape developed over the ages to improve this shark's sense of smell.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

He plans to work to improve the legal system so that competing groups can settle their differences in court instead of the battlefield.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

"I will not waste time with those who have made the calculation that it's better politics to kill this plan than to improve it.

VOA: special.2009.09.12

The experts found little evidence that most supplements do anything to protect or improve health.

VOA: special.2009.04.21

Organisms that are genetically modified,G.M.O.s, have had their genes changed to improve their characteristics.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

But people have to have confidence that things are going to improve."

VOA: special.2009.12.18

He said that the work to improve crop production must continue.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Armstrong developed technology that helped to improve radio reception.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

During that time,she worked to improve the education system in Arkansas and served on the Children's Defense Fund and the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, an organization that she helped create.

VOA: special.2011.02.25

And by learning what it is about economic development or housing that actually helps to improve health, we can then design more programs and ultimately make better use of the knowledge that we have."

VOA: special.2009.07.20