Word: foothold
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast, calm prevailed in Jericho, a generally peaceful town where militants have never gained a foothold. There, 730 Palestinian peacekeepers found themselves directing traffic and helping tidy up the city. "They are highly professional and give people a sense of security," said Emad Barahmeh, a Jericho shopkeeper. An Israeli lieutenant colonel concurred: "I have only compliments for their performance...
...largest hospital firm in the country. Columbia now owns 197 hospitals and projects 1994 revenues of more than $11 billion. Scott's original $125,000 investment is worth $266 million, and Columbia, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is still growing briskly in every region where it has gained a foothold. Within 10 years, Scott expects to own 500 hospitals. "But," he hastens to add, "we could have 1,000. It's possible. Nobody ever thought we'd get this far this soon...
While Jews every-where hope and pray for peace, many of us worry that without extreme prudence, the agreement could lead to a foothold on the mountain ridges of the West Bank for terrorist attacks on the Israeli population...
...year. "Almost all the real effects of NAFTA have already happened," says Paul Krugman, an M.I.T. economist. "Mexico has already had the big liberalization. We're talking not about an investment boom that's going to happen, but one that's under way now." Many American companies with a foothold in Mexico's market of 88 million people have ambitious expansion plans there regardless of NAFTA's fate. Dallas-based Southland Corp. operates 180 7-Eleven stores with joint-venture partners in Mexico and will open 20 more by the end of the year. Wal-Mart opened a block- long...
Seeing his mandate from heaven passing, Arafat may have decided to make the appropriate peace gestures toward Israel -- for now -- in order to gain a foothold in the occupied territories, new funding (this time from the West) and a new chance to continue his 40-year war against Israel...