She was already having trouble raising two sons and had no job and no stable relationship.

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And they say that the three things that are most likely to prevent anyone reoffending are a home, a job and a stable relationship.

BBC: News Online

Mr Irving added that he believed the head of Scotland's Catholics was putting his own "personal prejudice and misunderstanding" before the potential benefit a child would receive from being in a loving stable relationship.

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It seems to me that a stable monogamous relationship legalized through marriage is the best backdrop for a family, and consequently for the child and society on several fronts.

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The fourth element of our strategy involves pursuing a stable and constructive relationship with China.

WHITEHOUSE: The White House

In fact, a revised process will lead to a more informed pick, and a stable, long-term relationship with the agency.

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With the euro barely a month old, it does not yet know how far it can trust euro-area indicators, nor does it have evidence of whether their relationship to inflation is stable.

ECONOMIST: European Central Bank

Once workers try to catch up, the old relationship will re-emerge and the unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation will rise back to its previous level of above 5%, from a low of 3.9% last year.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

And whatever the true relationship between Russia and Europe may prove to be, it is not stable yet.

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