1.   After a reformist president, Leonid Kuchma, took office last year, there was pressure in Washington to seize the opportunity and get privatization going.

2.   The new atmosphere ushered in by the reformist president, they say, is not enough.

3.   The victim, Saeed Hajjarian, is a close friend and adviser of the reformist president, Mohamed Khatami.

4.   Zanganeh may be at the center of a struggle between the reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, who favors increasing foreign investment in energy enterprises, and the conservatives.

5.   Gelbard also reiterated U.S. support for the Montenegrin reformist president, Milo Djukanovic, another fierce Milosevic opponent.

6.   Hard-liners want to continue to rule in his uncompromising style, while moderates are following the lead of the reformist president Khatami.

7.   Reformist president wins re-election, early results show.

8.   The amicable resolution suggested that the reformist president and hard-line parliament may be trying to break their cycle of confrontation and deadlock.

9.   The chamber, dominated by Communists, has long been at odds with the reformist president.

10.   The closures are part of a power struggle between Islamic hard-liners and allies of the reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, who has championed greater openness and democracy.