61.   The reform has broad support among politicians, but the government and the leftist opposition disagree over the number of provinces to create.

62.   The reforms also have increased insecurity among average Poles by introducing unemployment and raising living costs.

63.   The reforms have improved life for hundreds of millions of people, although development has been far quicker in cities than in the countryside, where most Chinese live.

64.   The reforms have the backing of the International Monetary Fund, which says Argentina needs more flexibility in its labor markets to keep the prices of its exports competitive.

65.   The president met with Sergeyev and Kvashnin at the Kremlin Friday and stressed that reforms had to be carried out.

66.   This is especially true in rural regions, where economic reforms have had little effect and people are struggling.

67.   Truman said the reforms were having a positive effect.

68.   He also said tax reforms had yet to be implemented, and that oil price increases had caused labor unrest.

69.   However, the French reform has a sting in its tail.

70.   A pension reform will have to be adopted by that date, he said.