21.  Critics say the program is deeply flawed because there is no reliable way to assess improvement in the lives of heroin addicts short of abstinence.

22.  Consumers had no reliable way to distinguish quality beef, and the market had no way to reward ranchers who raised better cattle.

23.  For investors, it can be a reliable way to assure your portfolio will limp behind the market averages.

24.  Forensic entomologists say their science offers the most reliable way of determining the time of death at a crime scene, short of an eyewitness.

25.  Hannoun said targeting money supply rather than inflation would be a more reliable way to achieve price stability within the future single currency zone.

26.  Hotel development in the area, too, has proved a reliable way for traffickers to launder drug profits.

27.  If only there were some reliable way to determine whether a sex offender is likely to repeat his crime.

28.  If you followed the troubles in Bosnia, you know ham radio was the only reliable way to keep in touch with much of that country.

29.  In fact, though, Middle Tennessee, the region anchored by Nashville, has found more reliable ways to make a living.

30.  In the inner room, the Honduran consul, Ramon Andres-Torres, was communicating with home by Internet, the only reliable way to get through.