11.  The main reason such atrocities have not occurred before is because no one has been prepared to commit them.

12.  The reason such a policy is so expensive is the rate is tied directly to the cost of the trip.

13.  The reason such reforms have never gotten serious consideration is because the tax code has become too useful as an instrument of political power.

14.  The reason such programs fail, says Steele, is that they immediately confront blacks with the stereotype about their abilities.

15.  There are two reasons such determinations matter.

16.  There is no reason why such an order would not be sought again, said Joshua Freeman, a professor of history at Queens College.

17.  Would a sane military system put an honored officer through such humiliation for such a reason?

18.  Is such a reason acceptable?

19.  The reason such a deal would not require modification of the Maastricht Treaty, he added, is that its objectives are already contained in the document.

20.  The action marked the first US trade sanction taken to protect an endangered species, and the first time Taiwan has been sanctioned for such a reason.