1.   No piecemeal liberal reform will make one iota of difference.

2.   Although the reforms make it harder to bring groundless lawsuits, they do not prevent regulators from prosecuting swindlers.

3.   And many fear that the latest Kremlin-sponsored reforms may make them still poorer.

4.   A substantial corporate tax reform will make doing business easier, as well as recouping some of the proceeds lost in the privatizations.

5.   But can such slow reforms really make a difference in the face of rapid economic and social change?

6.   But sometimes some gentle reform makes for better government.

7.   But to others, reforms have made things better.

8.   By ending double taxation of dividends, the reform would make the purchase of equity in start-up companies more profitable.

9.   Chinese officials support keeping the Games in Sydney and Salt Lake, although they also plan to push for reforms to make the bid process fairer and less expensive.

10.   Distinguished jurists in several states are so alarmed by problems in the jury system that they are pressing for reforms to make it more efficient.