21.   Most senior officials remain committed to rapid growth as a way to create jobs and maintain social stability.

22.   No one in Hong Kong has serious worries about social stability.

23.   Outside the West, the development of oil resources has repeatedly impeded democracy and social stability.

24.   Perhaps they will better be able to recognize that political freedom can be the natural partner of economic growth and social stability.

25.   Safeguarding financial security has a direct bearing on social stability, the vice president said.

26.   Still, the effort is dwarfed by the threat AIDS poses to life and social stability in the countries where it is spreading.

27.   That shocked Chinese leaders, who were already worried about threats to social stability from unemployed workers and angry farmers.

28.   The Chinese are obsessed with building their economy and with keeping social stability as they open markets to global competition.

29.   The Communist Party views the issue as not only a matter of morality but a problem that could threaten social stability, one of its paramount concerns.