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...sovereign state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. That was plainly the bait Oslo offered, but it was not guaranteed. First the Palestinians would have to submit to a test, a period of autonomy. Arafat, aging and struggling for relevance in the early 1990s, was desperate for a toehold on the future. During a heated meeting with reluctant associates in Tunis, he thumped on the table and boomed, "I cannot be excluded from this historical process...
...Shan Qining, a Wahaha spokesman. (Never mind that French yogurtmaker Danone owns 51% of Wahaha.) But the homegrown alternative has yet to pose a challenge to the American biggies, which account for 67% of the market in China, according to Beverage Digest. In the U.S., Wahaha already has a toehold: last year it sold $1 million worth of its sweet milkbased drink for children, AD Gai Nai, which it says "promotes brain development." But can the future of Future be America? In a competitive market, that's not a no-brainer. --By Matthew Forney/Beijing...
...into political gains will be tough. He must quickly reconcile his party with the island's fast-growing sense of a Taiwanese (as opposed to Chinese) identity, and overcome deep factional divides. Failure will probably cost Pan-Blue its majority in the legislature during elections this December?its last toehold on power. Success will require winning a tough two-front war. On one side are Taiwanese voters, like those in Yunlin, who are now drawn to Chen and his "Taiwan first" message. On the other are old-line supporters wary of pandering to independence-minded Taiwanese. At the same time...
...system is one of the “purest” forms of democracy, he adds. The PR system has historically attracted dark horse candidates and long shots—from hard-core Libertarians to members of the Green Party—who want to gain a toehold on the mainstream, as well as long-time denizens of the neighborhood-based politics in the People’s Republic of Cambridge...
...down with the condition if they are raised in a home with one nonbiological bipolar parent. Clearly, something is in play besides mere genes, and that something is environment. Raise a child in a steady and stable home, and you reduce the odds that the illness will gain a toehold, which is why counselors work hard to teach parents and kids how to minimize family discord...