Word: footholds
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...issue which now stalemates the truce talks is Russian representation on a truce commission. The U.N. attitude is that Russia is not a "neutral," and to recognize her as such would be to give her a legal foothold in South Korea; the U.N. had gone quite far enough by its willingness to accept as neutrals the Soviet stooges, Czechoslovakia and Poland. But the Communist negotiators stick stubbornly to the demand, even though the U.N. has said (in its bluntest words yet) that its position is "firm, final and irrevocable." Even if this issue can be settled, there remains the question...
...when he was not sure he wanted to be an artist. After a few months of formal training in Paris, he decided that he had "nothing to learn in schools." He became a clerk, then a wine merchant, and for a while he was happy. "I was gaining a foothold. To complicate things, I needed a wife, furniture, a maid, a brother-in-law, a car, kids . . . [Then] catastrophe, it took hold of me again. I rented a little atelier on Boulevard Saint-Michel, I locked myself in. My wife didn't like it, that's understandable...
...peninsula and two tiny islands, Macao (total area: 6 sq. mi.) is a place addicted to gold smuggling, with customs officers who look the other way and businessmen who will deal with anybody. It was at Macao, four centuries ago, that white men got their first firm foothold on the mainland of Asia. Last week Macao's air-conditioned opium dens were prospering, godown (warehouse) space was renting at a premium, and the waterfront was crowded with Hong Kong coolies who have learned there is money to be made on Macao's docks. Hong Kong traders were moving...
Thus, Communist China extended its power over 3,500,000 people in a region twice as large as France, got a foothold for military bases-such as they may be-within reach of India's northern frontier...
...Whitehouse, president of the Kentucky, C.I.O. Council, said last night "strong American trade unions are one reason Communism has not gained a foothold in America...