11.   Social reforms have failed, because the top revolutionaries were politicians who tried to solve things politically, he said.

12.   The reforms failed to win a majority, leaving the status of the peace agreements up in the air until a new president is elected.

13.   Welfare reform also failed, but for completely different reasons.

14.   When her ambitious health care reform failed, she became newly vulnerable to criticism that she was overreaching her authority and henpecking her husband.

15.   While the economy was the prime reason that health-care reform failed to catch fire, other secondary factors contributed to its demise.

16.   A backlash is looming as reforms have failed to provide enough new jobs and close the gap between rich and poor.

17.   But so far, his reforms have failed to generate jobs in a country where only one in seven in the labor force has full-time work.

18.   Critics said the reforms failed to cut the link between judges and the executive branch.

19.   Even though health-care reform failed, the issue continues to resonate with voters, as evidenced by the debates ahead of the Democratic primaries.

20.   If his reforms fail, Zhu is also easily expendable.