Word: footholds
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...market begins to tighten, Americans tend to hire Americans." Kim finally landed a last-minute appointment at Simmons, but he is, like Hesford, a victim of what McKinney calls the "the revolving door" syndrome. In a year, he will be on the market again, trying to gain a foothold on the academic ladder to tenure. Nevertheless, Kim has no desire to switch careers. "At this point, I've invested so much time and energy in my field, I don't think I would change," he says. "I don't have high materialistic ambitions--just so long as my wife...
What is the significance of the Soviet foothold in Somalia? From their headquarters at Berbera, the Russians would have the capability of dominating the southern approach to the Suez Canal. With missile-equipped naval vessels they could harass the sea lanes around the Persian Gulf, easily attaining naval dominance over large stretches of the Indian Ocean. On the other hand...
...once again making the grand tour. The disease, which causes the all too familiar headache, upset stomach, coughing and fever, has struck hard in Eastern Europe and turned up in the western part of the Continent. It has also gained a foothold in the U.S., where, although it has not yet reached the proportions of previous assaults, it has cut into school attendance and increased absenteeism in business and industry...
Whereas the Palestinians want to win their right to a "foothold" within modern Israel (situated in once ancient Israel) through the use of terror, violence and destruction, the returning Jews have earned it through their patient work, building and developing neglected, desolate, malaria-infested land that nobody wanted 100 years...
...before the Knesset last week for a debate on Israel's Middle East policy. He insisted that "the Palestinian issue can and must be solved," but added that Israel would negotiate "with Jordan and no one else. We shall not allow the emissaries of terror to gain a foothold of terror among the people of the West Bank...