    Sentence 1: The US. Conference Board .said its latest  measure of business confidence hit 60 after falling 16 53.  in its first quarter soryey.    Sentence 2: The Conference ‘Board said its’ measure of  “business confidence’, which ’had fallen to $3.in the first   quarter of 2003 ; improved 10°60 in the ‘most fecknt  “second quarter 4 .