21.   Political infighting has stalled farming reform.

22.   Political infighting has stalled farming reforms.

23.   President Boris Yeltsin slammed Russian civil servants for stalling reforms and called for cleaning out the bureaucracy in a sharp speech to current and future state leaders Wednesday.

24.   President Leonid Kuchma abruptly ousted his prime minister on Monday for stalling reforms, in an apparent attempt at purging a potential rival.

25.   Reforms have been stalled repeatedly by infighting among political parties.

26.   Rising unemployment from the Asian economic crisis still threatens social stability and could stall reforms undertaken by hard-hit countries, a World Bank vice president said Thursday.

27.   Some analysts have worried that the Peasants Party would push legislation aimed at protecting and supporting farmers in a way that could stall reforms required for EU membership.

28.   Students suspect the assembly wants to stall democratic reform.

29.   The government long has promised to modernize the beleaguered military, but reform has been stalled by internal opposition and the lack of a clear policy.

30.   The lack of effective privatization in the farm sector has stalled agricultural reform.