31.   The government in Beijing has increasingly clamped down on pyramid sales networks, which, it alleged, were threatening social stability.

32.   The government is trying to transform itself from the vanguard of the revolution to the party of social stability.

33.   The House GOP strategy of giving block grants to the states as a substitute for federal programs jeopardizes services critical to social stability and national well-being.

34.   The leadership has become increasingly worried about a threat to social stability if unemployment worsens in the short term because of reductions in tariffs and investment barriers.

35.   The programs the House Republicans want to dump on the states are critical to social stability and national well-being.

36.   The regime fears the grass-roots power of Falun Gong, viewing the movement as a threat to public order and social stability.

37.   Their first principle is preserving the rule of the party, which they equate with protecting social stability.

38.   Their greatest need is clear rules, predictability and social stability.

39.   There was wide domestic recognition that U.S. interests abroad are served by social stability and economic prosperity that are aided by programs that douse wildfire population growth.

40.   To that end, he has already begun serious negotiations on a social stability pact with the main trade unions and business associations.