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Experiments with vertical mulches in gently sloping Vertisols in semiarid India have shown that sorghum stubble packed in trenches 15 cm (6 in) wide improved water infiltration and produced larger yields of grain and straw of an “improved variety” of sorghum, especially in years of drought. 26 Vertical mulch in trenches 30 cm (12 in) deep and 2 m (6.5 ft) apart gave 25 times more grain yield and 2 times more straw yield than the areas without vertical mulches in a very dry year. ❋ Unknown (1991)

The term "improved offerings" should mean more for your money, not more of your money. ❋ Unknown (2011)

New means smallered and improved is code for price increase. ❋ Unknown (2007)

In those days a gentleman with a military title improved upon the then popular list of contradictions by asserting that in Australia the compass points to the south, the valleys are cold, the mountain-tops warm, the eagles are white, and so on. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In those days a gentleman with a military title improved upon the then popular list of contradictions by asserting that in ❋ Unknown (1887)

Mr. Haq cited what he called improved treatment of civilians in Darfur as one success. ❋ By NEIL MACFARQUHAR (2011)

The government recently made what it describes as an improved offer to the unions, promising that public sector workers ten years away from retirement would not see any change to their pensions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"Now the industry has finally got their act together," Morency said of what he calls improved networks among suppliers during the global shortage for Technetium-99, the favoured isotope for cancer and heart disease tests. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Obama and Karzai meet as the battlefield momentum is picking up, and training is much improved from a year ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One key area the Suns have improved is their second unit. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Nearly every player showed marked improved from the start of the season, particularly F/C Ashley Hamilton, who became a force in the middle by season's end. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Since the WATCH was declared, regional water resource conditions have improved thanks to recent precipitation that resulted in improved stream flow levels throughout the Potomac River basin and to cooler weather that has reduced demands. ❋ Jason Samenow (2010)

(Quote from Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis's 1966 script) This is the introduction of Gerry Davis 'Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet, slightly revised and improved from the earlier novel Doctor Who and the Cybermen: ❋ Nwhyte (2009)

It's really one of the most atrociously written of HPL's stories, and a testament to how stupendously his writing improved from the early 1920s to the early and mid-1930s. ❋ Sovay (2009)

Graduation rates have improved from the teens to near 30%. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After some early rust, center Vernon Macklin improved during the course of the season. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Spain improved to 4-2 against the Czechs, who played in their third final and first since 1980 when it won as Czechoslovakia. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Every step in improved gerrymandering, higher barriers to ballot access, and campaign ‘reforms’ which disadvantage challengers, has advanced this process. ❋ Unknown (2010)