41.   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.

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

43.   The large metal cages that serve as crab pots can become caked with ice, threatening vessel stability.

44.   The longer the air attacks on Afghanistan continue, the greater the danger that protests could threaten the stability of this volatile nation.

45.   The NATO allies, as well as China and Russia, have asked for an explanation of the raids, claiming that the attacks threaten regional stability.

46.   The Palestinian Cabinet, meeting late Friday, accused Israel of military escalation that it said was threatening regional stability.

47.   The pro-Milosevic camp is growing in Montenegro, threatening the stability of the republic, whose government leans toward the West and has declared neutrality.

48.   There is an arrogance about too many of them that threatens the stability of the best game ever invented.

49.   This is not an Argentina or a Chile where a military apparatus left over from a criminal regime can threaten stability.

50.   This unprecedented movement is threatening the stability of the league, and the sanity of its fans.