Word: toeholds
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...moderate and volatile substances such as water could persist, giving life a chance to arise. While plenty of stars beyond 55 Cancri and our sun may have their own Jupiter-size planets, their orbits often carry them through this habitable zone, preventing small Earth-size worlds from gaining a toehold. "An Earth-like planet can't get established when a Jupiter-size wrecking ball is sailing through," explains Butler...
...Netherlands ought to be one of the toughest places in Europe for the far right to get a toehold. Prosperous and with low unemployment, tolerant and proudly multicultural, the country has long been a place where the politicians fine-tune consensus in long, well-behaved coalition talks. But into that idyll last week crashed Pim Fortuyn, 54, who rode an unapologetically anti-immigration platform to a substantial victory in local elections in Rotterdam, the country's second city, where many of the country's 800,000 Muslims live. His local party, Livable Rotterdam, won 17 out of the 45 seats...
...base would provide Washington with a permanent military toehold in Central Asia, adding a new player to the centuries old Great Game. Karimov said the agreement covered "mutual responsibilities and guarantees." The Americans wouldn't go that far, saying they cannot give guarantees; they can only consult. But Karimov and his countrymen want assurances that Uzbekistan, the only country in Central Asia to have turned its back on the Russians to embrace the Americans, will not be abandoned when the "war on terrorism" changes fronts. Despite the Bush Administration's aversion to nation-building, the Uzbeks are hoping for eventual...
...response center. Still, the company recognizes the threat from at least one source of infections. The latest version of Word profits from its predecessor's mistakes and comes with macros disabled by default, meaning that viruses like Ethan, Marker and even Melissa will find it harder to gain a toehold. But Outlook's macros are set to remain stubbornly open to infection, meaning that the field is ripe for the next infestation of Love Bugs...