31.   Rafsanjani, still a powerful figure, favors some elements of the reform program but is opposed to weakening the power of religious officials.

32.   Russian President Boris Yeltsin has removed several key aides in recent weeks following the strong election showing last month of opposition candidates critical of his reform programs.

33.   She wanted the authority and he put her in charge of a health-care reform program that misfired, giving the GOP an opening to attack the Clintons.

34.   Similar urgings have come from western economists and industrialists who have studied the reforms and said that foreign investment could soar if the reform program moved into high gear.

35.   South Korean President-elect Kim Dae Jung told U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers the new government will stick to an economic reform program agreed with the International Monetary Fund.

36.   The bank could move fast and approve new loans for Bulgaria before the summer if the Bulgarians can act quickly on a reform program though, the person said.

37.   The bank could move fast and approve new loans for Bulgaria before the summer if the Bulgarians can act quickly on a reform program, the person said.

38.   The committee will discuss long-term reform programs, including a plan to enhance the autonomy of the central bank, during the second half of this year.

39.   The Congressional refusal to cut social security spending called into doubt the prospects for his still-incomplete economic reform program.

40.   The former president was lionized globally for his economic reform program and was even backed by the United States in his bid to head the World Trade Organization.