Some workers said in interviews that the plant's atmosphere had improved over the last few years.

Three years after the two leaders held a tense meeting here, American officials and analysts say the atmosphere has improved.

Analysts said the government would probably also open direct trade and transportation links with the mainland if the political atmosphere between the two sides improved.

Once I started reading extracts from books and peppering the talk with anecdotes about children, the atmosphere in the hall improved.

The atmosphere will improve as the work progresses, I think.

The atmosphere had improved; helped, I think, by the successful and undisturbed winching of the city away from the river.

The atmosphere improves greatly in the upstairs dining room.

Eventually the case was settled, and the atmosphere has improved.

The atmosphere for women has definitely improved since then, she said, primarily because there are more of them.

Mr. Yurdatapan says the atmosphere is improving, though not enough for him to end his work.