1.   American activism to guarantee international stability is, paradoxically, the prime source of American vulnerability.

2.   As a result, they would have a vested interest in international stability and peace, and would want to maintain it.

3.   Certainly, close relations between Japan and the United States are essential to international stability.

4.   Clinton said in his speech that the Antiballistic Missile Treaty was an important element of national security and international stability.

5.   Deadbeat America is close to losing its U.N. vote, even though U.N. peacekeeping from East Timor to Sierra Leone serves our manifest interest in international stability.

6.   It is an unconventional threat to international stability that Washington cannot ignore.

7.   More important to international stability would be a cooperative program of enhanced surveillance of financial institutions, Treasury officials said.

8.   More important to international stability would be a cooperative program of enhanced surveillance of financial institutions.

9.   More important to international stability would be a cooperative program of enhanced surveillance of financial institutions, other Treasury officials also said.

10.   The answers vary, although everyone agrees that the first priority for people like Yeltsin and Obuchi is to stop the self-inflicted injuries that are threatening international stability.