Even if a state is encountering budget problems (and many are), it may still remain far from default.

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IBM's use of Linux is also encountering legal problems (see article).

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Meanwhile, the Army had suffered an embarrassing setback in the 1999 Balkan air war, encountering major problems in deploying its helicopters to the war zone.

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Even now, as our systems problems show, we are encountering additional improvements we need to make.

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