1.   Reactivity Problems Attention also lags because of the way the child reacts to sensations.

2.   Argentines have been wary about spending, and foreign investment has lagged because of increasing doubts about government policies.

3.   But investments lag because of Japanese claims to the Kurile Islands, a chain seized by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II.

4.   Cote and other military analysts suspect that funding for the aircraft has lagged because of military culture.

5.   Details about December sales are not yet available, though sales of winter coats are lagging because of warm weather, Kratz said.

6.   Despite this potential, stem cell research has lagged because of unresolved ethical and political debates over the use of human embryos to obtain the key cells.

7.   Economists say the local economy is lagging because of several factors.

8.   He is lagging partly because of his self-managed campaign and partly because of the skill of his opponent, Democrat Gray Davis.

9.   In recent years, the Warburg fund lagged because of big investments in shares of gold mining companies.

10.   Research has lagged mostly because of money, Clark said.