There is now a stable balance between gravity and pressure.

Nevertheless, some approach to a stable internal balance was achieved.

Afghanistan, like many countries, has failed to achieve a stable balance between central government and decentralized power.

"Our plan is to discourage an arms race and to encourage a stable balance of military power," she said.

We want a mixed economy, a stable balance of public, private and collective ownership.

The third element, Administration officials say, would have to be a new, stable balance of power in the gulf.

The aim is to find the most stable balance achievable, at the lowest possible level.

A stable balance seems too much to hope for.

But the Administration says conventional weapons alone cannot maintain a stable balance there.

Some officials say the project may even make the military balance more stable by reducing the Russian military's worries about a surprise attack.