He had to use all the skills picked up in more than 2, 500 career skydives to recover a stable configuration and complete the dive safely.

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Eventually, however, he was able to use his great experience, from more than 2, 500 career dives, to correct his fall and get into a stable configuration.

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They tend, on balance, to point up, as this means that they are pointing in the same direction as the magnetic field a configuration that is much more stable than the reverse.

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"In the current configuration with four political parties in parliament, a stable government cannot be formed, " he said.

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