11.   At the time of his illness, Mas had focused his energies in Europe, lobbying European leaders to pressure Castro to introduce democratic reforms in Cuba.

12.   A former leader of the Cosmopol, the communist youth movement, Videnov has refused to introduce market reforms to Bulgaria.

13.   For public consumption, party leaders themselves do not rule out the possibility that China might one day introduce such reforms.

14.   He tried to introduce democratic reforms, but his son, Mahendra, dissolved Parliament and replaced it with a system of town, district and national councils.

15.   In fact, the whole state of Jalisco has introduced reforms to make it simpler to set up businesses.

16.   In an effort to deal with the problem, Mexican politicians have introduced legal reforms in Congress.

17.   Introducing democratic reforms in that atmosphere, the British argue, would have led to chaos and an unpredictable backlash from Beijing.

18.   Iran analysts said Khatami, who will take office in August, would refrain from introducing market reforms for fear of fanning public discontent.

19.   Latvia and Lithuania have introduced similar reforms, bringing inflation under control, strengthening their banking systems and making free-trade agreements with European neighbors.

20.   Market professionals said the government was to blame, for fitfully introducing reforms without a consistent underlying policy that would build investor confidence.