1.   If the RUC helped spark the Troubles, under the Good Friday accord its ability to reinvent itself will be critical to future stability in Northern Ireland.

2.   It bodes ill for future political stability and consensus-building.

3.   Pound acknowledged that he upended the even playing field he nurtured, but said the NBC deals brought future financial stability.

4.   Since Moynihan occasionally is given to exaggeration, he probably is overstating his fears about the future stability of the presidency.

5.   The future stability of Europe depends more than anything on stability in Russia.

6.   With a sick president and no clear line of succession it can only raise new questions about the future stability of the country.

7.   Bush said the United States would help the nation develop its own military as quickly as possible in the interest of future Afghan stability.

8.   Former President Jimmy Carter said the United States must be willing to help rebuild Afghanistan to ensure future stability there.

9.   He emphasized that the full implementation of the peace accord for Bosnia, reached in Dayton, Ohio, was essential for future stability in the region.

10.   He said the United States would help the nation develop its own military as quickly as possible in the interest of future Afghan stability.