Furthermore, "[t]he Pythagorean projection is also still a valuable predictor of year-to-year improvement.

A noticeable year-to-year improvement was shown compared to the previous occupier of the timeslot, Bones.

Ranked 24th in 2010, the Dolphins 2011 second place ranking represents the greatest year-to-year improvement of any team in the league.

Still, the early May results may overstate the year-to-year improvement because of the distorting effects of sales incentives.

Nevertheless, they pointed out that the year-to-year improvement was $552 million on an operating basis.

Martin S. Davis, chairman and chief executive, said the company was "well on the road to a substantial year-to-year improvement in results."

Investors and analysts measure public companies by quarterly results and insist on year-to-year improvement.

And that means a new set of realistic but enforceable standards requiring states to show year-to-year improvements.

While more car is the industry's typical way of delivering year-to-year improvement, the Miata always served another master.

Newly released unemployment figures for November showed the sharpest year-to-year improvement on record.