Ghana, on the cusp of exploiting its oil and gas wealth, as well as offering a relatively stable model of governance by African standards, is an appealing prospect for the state-backed school.

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For China to find a more stable growth model, most experts agree that the country needs to balance its investments by promoting greater consumption.

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It looks to be running Smartphone 2003 second edition, which seemed pretty stable on the model we tried, but there's still no word on when this handset will be launched.

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He said the donation model was "very stable" but admitted it did "constrain" what the site could do.

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Additionally, a subscription-based business model that relies on stable recurring revenues will decrease the downside risk in a weak spending environment like the one the networking industry finds itself currently in.

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Deciding who gets fertility treatment is likely to become yet more difficult in the coming years, as specialists find their model of a "happy, stable family" is increasingly challenged by gay couples, and single women.

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