"They talk about a Japanese economy that is improving driven by the improvement of the global economy,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.03

Saving and Loan Associations, by the way, no longer exclusively limit themselves to mortgage lending -either they do home improvement lending and auto loans and the like as well.

顺便提一下,储贷协会,现在也不仅限于发放抵押贷款,他们也发放住房装修贷款,及汽车消费贷款之类的

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Airbus has also racked up good business at this show, a marked improvement over 2009, when the entire industry was plagued by losses.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Continued improvement in American manufacturing was offset by further signs of weakness in the service sector.

VOA: standard.2009.08.05