Russia's Foreign Ministry praised the exchange,saying, "The action was taken in the general context of improved Russian-U.S.relations."

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Business Improved. Miss Cleveland made her secretary the company's first director of public relations.

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I think that Russia and America have very good working relations and can only continue to be improved."

VOA: standard.2010.05.07

Firms hit by strike action in the last few months include South West Trains, carmaker Vauxhall, and post office operator Consignia, which in June warned that jobs would go unless industrial relations improved.

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But relations then improved, and the countries agreed to increase trade and ease travel curbs.

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Police-community relations have improved in Los Angeles since the 1992 riots, and crime has dropped sharply.

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