Similarly, a girl who graduates with a good working knowledge of stenography and the use of clerical machines and who is able to get a job at once may wish to improve her skill and knowledge by a year or two of further study in a community college or secretarial school.

She taught her husband arithmetic up to basic algebra and tutored him to improve his literacy, reading, and writing skills.

He helped improve the accuracy of her illustrations, taught her taxonomy, and supplied her with live specimens to paint during the winter.

He inspired Hannah More in her work to improve the conditions of the Mendip miners and agricultural workers.

A vision of St. Dominic strengthened her, though, but her wish to join his Order was no comfort to Lapa, who took her daughter with her to the baths in Bagno Vignoni to improve her health.

In reality, Italy had suffered from a terrible famine in 451 and her crops were faring little better in 452 ; Attila's devastating invasion of the plains of northern Italy this year did not improve the harvest.

In other words, an eavesdropper would not be able to improve his or her guess of the plaintext by gaining knowledge of the ciphertext but not of the key.

To improve the well-being of her subjects she studied architecture, agriculture, and industry, and followed the principles that Niccolò Machiavelli had set forth for rulers in his book The Prince.

Karen Kain's mother enrolled her daughter in ballet training because she believed it would improve her posture, poise, and discipline.

In particular, he was regarded in the Romantic era as embodying the lone genius whose efforts to improve human existence could also result in tragedy: Mary Shelley, for instance, gave The Modern Prometheus as the subtitle to her novel Frankenstein ( 1818 ).

She was a tireless worker, and relied on input from her vocal coach and producers to improve her sound.

Katherine Rinne said in her book Waters of Rome that Pius IV also ordered public construction to improve water supply of the Rome city.

During production, she developed a reputation for being difficult and unreasonable ; and Korda instructed her agent to warn her that her option would not be renewed if her behaviour did not improve.

Her downfall was due to having so few like-minded people on European integration amongst her colleagues and that as she had adopted a line that would improve her party's popularity, it was foolish of them to force her out.

Because the technique has allegedly been used to improve breathing and stamina in general, advocates also claim that athletes, people with asthma, tuberculosis, and panic attacks have also found improvements.

Bootstrapping is a technique used to iteratively improve a classifier's performance.

Abrahams takes it extremely badly, but Sam Mussabini ( Ian Holm ), a professional trainer whom he had approached earlier, offers to take him on to improve his technique.

A technique used to improve performance is just-in-time compilation which converts frequently executed sequences of interpreted instruction to host machine code.

Most notably, this technique has been employed to improve performance among aircraft crews and surgical teams, literally saving thousands of lives since its introduction.

The use of shorter wavelengths of light, such as the ultraviolet, is one way to improve the spatial resolution of the optical microscope, as are devices such as the near-field scanning optical microscope. Sarfus, a recent optical technique increases the sensitivity of standard optical microscope to a point it becomes possible to directly visualize nanometric films ( down to 0. 3 nanometre ) and isolated nano-objects ( down to 2 nm-diameter ).

RISC used a technique called register windows to improve performance of these very common tasks, but this limited the maximum depth of multi-level calls.

The reason for the generally slow pace is to improve coordination and balance by increasing the work load, and to require the student to pay minute attention to their whole body and its weight as they perform a technique.

Therefore, they are trying to improve culturing technique so that keshi pearls do not occur.

Code refactoring is a " disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior ", undertaken in order to improve some of the nonfunctional attributes of the software.

A new technique of placing one's finger on the ricasso to improve the grip ( a practice that would continue in the rapier ) led to the production of hilts with a guard for the finger.

* Swimfins are used to elongate the kick and improve technique and speed.

Alma-Tadema took this criticism very seriously, and it led him to improve his technique and to become the world's foremost painter of marble and variegated granite.

The major factors affecting the quality of single-crystal structures are the crystal's size and regularity ; recrystallization is a commonly used technique to improve these factors in small-molecule crystals.

One of the first uses of airborne radio relay was by the United States Army's 1st Cavalry Division in the Battle of Ia Drang during the Vietnam War, which employed the technique to improve communications with commanders at headquarters.

This technique could greatly improve optical modulators, increasing the density of information carried by optical fibers.

With the additional guidance of Washington pianist and band leader Oliver " Doc " Perry, Ellington learned to read sheet music, project a professional style, and improve his technique.

Thyroplasty-surgical technique ( s ) to improve the human voice by altering single or multiple structures of the larynx, which houses the vocal folds ( vocal cords ) with the related controlling nerves, muscles, and cartilage.

Undeterred, Pavlova trained to improve her technique.

* Pulse compression-A signal processing technique designed to maximize the sensitivity and resolution of radar systems by modifying transmitted pulses to improve their auto-correlation properties.

The German Mozart tenor tradition goes back to end of the 1920s when Mozart tenors started making use of Caruso's technique to achieve and improve the required dynamics and dramatic expressiveness.

This technique is extensively used in microprocessor design, and helps to improve the performance of modern processors.

In 1935 – 36 Matthews continued to improve, and he added the double body swerve technique to his increasing arsenal of tricks.

* Shrinkage ( statistics ) – a technique to improve an estimator

Instead of just constructing “ an enlarged easel painting ,” he realized that the mural “ must conform to the normal transit of a spectator .” Eventually, Siqueiros would develop a mural technique that involved tracing figures onto a wall with an electric projector, photographing early wall sketches to improve perspective, and new paints, spray guns, and other tools to accommodate the surface of modern buildings and the outdoor conditions.

" When asked in 2002 if she still desired to win the world championship she said, " Chess is my profession and of course I hope to improve.

There is no other possible final card that will give Burt more than a split ; only Angie can improve, so she is freerolling Burt.

In a 2007 interview, Choudhury stated that when one is practicing pranayama, he or she will eventually be able to enhance oxygen absorption, as well as improve blood circulation, as in many other forms of cardiovascular activity.

When she falls into a depression after learning of his affair with Penhaligon and the birth of their third child fails to improve their marriage, Judith seeks solace with Fitz's brother, Danny, and very nearly begins an affair with him.

Second, by concentrating on her children, the queen sought to improve the dissolute image she had acquired from the " Diamond Necklace Affair ", in which she had been accused of participating in a crime to defraud the crown jewelers of the cost of a very expensive diamond necklace.

A person with the disorder may improve somewhat during childhood if he or she receives extensive care from specialists, but once bones and musculature become more established, orthopedic surgery may be required.

She has an active interest in health information, and together she and Brin are developing new ways to improve access to it.

If Alice just has two pair and Ted acts strongly, Alice may think Ted has three fours and fold if she doesn't improve.

Over time, and with advances in medical technology, her eyesight did improve such that with thick glasses, she could attend school and even ride a bicycle.

In another story, Betty asked Jughead to give the owner of the ice cream shop where she worked some pointers on how to improve the shop's products.

“ The ideal woman ," Gilman wrote, " was not only assigned a social role that locked her into her home, but she was also expected to like it, to be cheerful and gay, smiling and good-humored .” When the sexual-economic relationship ceases to exist, life on the domestic front would certainly improve, as frustration in relationships often stems from the lack of social contact that the domestic wife has with the outside world.

When Phil explains the situation to Rita, she suggests that he should take advantage of it to improve himself.

Following the war, she resumed her crusade to improve the care of prisoners, the disabled, and the mentally ill.

At the 2006 Hong Kong Entertainment Awards ceremony Choi tearfully acknowledged that there have been criticisms of the Twins ' singing abilities and that she hoped that they could better improve in the coming year.

She felt that only on the stage could she improve her skills as an actor.

Arthur only impressed a few with the film, and later claimed that at the time that she was a " very poor actress ... awfully anxious to improve, but ... inexperienced so far as genuine training was concerned.

After Senator Harry Reid added the concession to the bill which sent $ 300 million to Medicaid recipients in Louisiana, she described the bill as ' imperfect, but taking many steps to improve our broken health care system.

Dion receded from the spotlight for a number of months, during which she underwent dental surgery to improve her appearance, and was sent to the École Berlitz in 1989 to polish her English.

She continued to improve the sound until she felt it was worthy for the king's ears.