Red Hat has made it to a billion my selling a subscription service that provides a stable, supported, distribution of the Linux operating system.

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From scripts through filming to distribution, they used their own stable of actors, technical and production staff.

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In parliamentary systems, stable majorities need to be sustained, encouraging the distribution of pork all round.

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The number and distribution of big hurricanes seems to flip-flop between two fairly stable patterns.

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Rogers said stable meant the United States can carry out operations -- including search and rescue, distribution of aid, moving people in and out of the capital and flying aircraft.

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