Of course, such an atypical buying environment can distort results, so pop-up shops should certainly be only one tool in a broader range of experiments, primarily appropriate for validating foothold consumer interest.
The diplomatic drain parallels a broader effort by Afghans to make sure they have a foothold abroad in case things go badly after the Western military withdrawal, which is scheduled to be completed in 2014.
Michael Levi, an energy and climate change analyst at the Council on Foreign Relations, said calls for an end to energy subsidies missed a broader point: that embryonic energy technologies will need some government help to gain a foothold against the fossil fuel lobbies.
It's a base, a foothold".
The Pentagon favored a broad counterinsurgency program, whereas the Obama White House wanted a narrower effort directed at preventing Al Qaeda from regaining a foothold in Afghanistan.
Preliminary examination suggested that GO terms containing more than 100 genes provided relatively little information because these terms represent too broad a concept to give a foothold for further biological investigation.
While the network has a strong cadre of die-hard users, it's still struggling to gain a foothold in the broader market the way Facebook has managed to do.
Reducing mother-to-child transmission also offers us a foothold in tackling broader treatment, which is both possible and an essential part of the campaign against HIV/AIDS.
