1.   The reason Republican leaders in Congress shied away from the sharp reductions promised in the budget resolution is no secret.

2.   Voters such as Joe McCutchen of Ellijay, Ga., are the reason Republican leaders worry that presidential candidate Pat Buchanan will take his campaign to the Reform Party.

3.   McCain said after his New York news conference that his attacks on politics as usual are the reason party leaders oppose him in New York and around the country.

4.   The incident may have been the reason Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein last week sacked his half brother, Watban al-Tikriti, as Interior Minister.