Word: footholds
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...different place. In Barcelona, a walking city par excellence, markets with fresh produce abound; tiny, flavor-loaded tapas replace our leaden meat-filled entrees; and fast food, despite the occasional McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises, struggles to gain a foothold. But it wasn’t principally the lack of nutritional fact bombardment that made the seafood paella so memorable, or the sea salt and saffron so vibrant. It was the convivial atmosphere in Barcelona, the celebration of great food and great company. In the U.S., all too often, the psychological relationship to food...
Western online matchmakers, however, do face challenges in gaining a foothold in the Chinese matchmaking market. Of the 14 million Chinese Internet daters, only 500,000 pay subscription fees; thus industry revenues are estimated at just $24 million, according to iResearch. Paying users are expected to rocket to 3 million by 2010, generating sales of at least $160 million. But fees are minimal compared with the $59 per month charged by the likes of eHarmony. "In China, if you charge money, you'll die fast," says Gong Haiyan, CEO and founder of the leading Web dating site, Jiayuan (formerly Love21cn...
...this in a state with roughly half the population of New York City, where every snow flurry, as happened on Thursday, is a major event. As voters get ready to go to the polls on Saturday, the stakes are enormous for most of the candidates still struggling for a foothold in the chaos of the Republican nomination fight. The fight is even more unpredictable because of a rash of push polls that have bombarded the state's residents, whose phones ring constantly with prerecorded attack messages. "The push is on," said Evelyn Wyche, a Columbia Democrat who got a call...
...suspenseful reading. “Where is that sewage going to go?” we wonder around the third word. “Whatever it is, it couldn’t be drinking, but added water for…something?” 4) Europe Fears That Meth Foothold Is Expanding Interesting how footholds can expand. Into what? Stairs? 5) The Secret? It’s Not the Potatoes Along with the prominence of Times-y punctuation (see #1 for another Times question mark and #3 for the classic Times comma), the great thing about this...
...Abdul Saboor, who witnessed today's bombing. "These foreign forces came in the name of helping Afghans. Security is part of their mandate." But as the security situation deteriorates, Afghans are starting to lose faith. Six years after their ouster, the Taliban once again seem to be gaining a foothold, terrorizing the city they once controlled. "If the foreigners cannot do their job, then their existence is not appropriate any more," says Saboor. "They are not helping, so they should leave." For now, few in Kabul share Saboor's sentiments. But as deaths from suicide bombers mount, so will frustration...