Word: footholds
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...this was very much to our advantage. I want to acknowledge this straightforwardly. The access we gained to the Baltic Sea significantly improved our strategic situation because it deprived the Western powers of a foothold that they might have used against us in the future...
Hawkish Soviet generals have begun to grumble that the massing of U.S. troops only 600 miles from the Soviet Union's restive southern border could be intended as a permanent foothold threatening to the U.S.S.R. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Belonogov told parliamentary deputies that the Soviet Union had been "notified" about the U.S. decision to field an expeditionary force but "did not approve." Said he: "We cannot be overjoyed at the stepping up of American military power in the region -- in the short term, because the situation is becoming more and more explosive; in the long term, because there...
First it was the Italians and the Jews. Now it is the Koreans. Each new group of immigrants has arrived in New York City scratching for a foothold. They open Mom and Pop stores in the cheapest neighborhoods and, as they succeed, stir the resentment of longtime residents who are often mired in poverty. South Korean immigrants now own 2,500 of the more than 3,000 fruit and vegetable stores in the New York City area. Blacks often resent the newcomers' ability to garner profits from their community. Differences in class and culture as well as stubborn myths have...
CAPTION: A BIGGER FOOTHOLD FOR THE G.O.P...
COCA members said that they wanted the U.S. to discontinue aid to the contras and the trade embargo, and to let go of its foothold in UNO, the coalition of 14 parties that helped spring Chamorro to victory...