The increase in wages for laborers outpaced inflation, which contributes to the stability of society.

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Persian society had lost its political stability, causing trade routes to dry up and wealth to decline.

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The price is paid primarily by shareholders while the benefits of any improvement in financial stability accrue to society as a whole.

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It is one more example of where greater market freedom has helped to support stability of government and of society.

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Everywhere there was stability, in government and in society, for the centurions saw that it was so.

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Obama is also wrong to believe that his surge will buy enough time to inject stability into Afghanistan's state or society.

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The building society's chief economist, Robert Gardner, said this stability reflected the "uncertain" state of the economy.

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"If we think that for society as a whole it is important to have ring-fencing, both from a financial stability point of view and from a cultural point of view, I absolutely agree it should have strong enforcement and strong incentives in order for this to happen, " said the chief executive.

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