31.   The most delicate issue surrounding the cuts are pension reforms.

32.   The pension reforms, once introduced, will raise the minimum age at which most workers can retire.

33.   Their radical proposals for pension reform, unveiled a fortnight ago, showed that they still set the pace on policy.

34.   They say only the president and his inner circle can take on structural economic issues, such as the regulation of monopolies and pension reform.

35.   Visco said a pension reform passed last year by Prime Minister Dini was imperfect but probably the best that could be achieved.

36.   Perhaps we can say that Italy, in accepting the tough, though not exhaustible, pension reforms, is on its way to stability better than other countries.

37.   Other projects, such as pension reform, are stalled.

38.   Parliament opened a debate Friday on the government pension reform that would make retirement payments dependent on employee contributions to state or private funds.

39.   A nationwide strike to protest pension reform brought Greece to a standstill Thursday with banks and businesses closed and tourists blocked from ancient sites or stranded on islands.

40.   A second confidence vote Wednesday on more pension reform was expected late in the evening.