Having two people contributing to a household helps financial stability in a number of ways.

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Allowing gays to marry would, if anything, add to social stability, for it would increase the number of couples that take on real, rather than simply passing, commitments.

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Mr Henderson said the project was conditional on a number of factors, including the government delivering stability in the market.

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Senor told reporters coalition and Iraqi authorities are working with local officials to implement a number of steps designed to achieve peace and stability.

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The Ofsted report raised concerns about a number of areas including decision making, information sharing and stability of the workforce.

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Your military is small in number, but large in stature, helping to bring stability to Sierra Leone to East Timor.

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Pulling in one direction is America, on which a number of them depend for their economic survival and political stability.

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The Brandeis study says there are five vital factors for this: number of years owning a home, average family income, college education, employment stability, and financial support from families and inheritance.

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And because of the importance of building stability and countering violent extremism in the Middle East and South Asia, we are increasing the number of Foreign Office staff in those regions by 30 per cent.

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However, Microsoft is said to be interested, as are a number of other companies, attracted by Malaysia's high growth, low cost, political stability and strategic location.

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