"They'll establish a foothold by offering to help out with the investigation in Bali, and then we'll see the influx".
Sladder gets a foothold by persuading a local prostitute to help him blackmail a government official for tips, and soon ingratiates himself with a wealthy Virginia family, whose daughter he marries.
The beloved and influential alt-rock band have just unveiled their first activity in decades, and though no reunion has been announced, bassist Greg Norton has coyly referred to the band hiring a manager "to help us get a foothold back in the business".
With huge student loans, I could never afford to do an unpaid internship to help me gain a foothold.
Federal investigators are now examining Mr. Williams's activities, too, focusing on his role in a real estate proposal in which investors say they lost millions after he and a business partner offered to help them gain a foothold in the city's affordable housing market.
After that, Calipari said he read a column in The New York Times in May by William C. Rhoden that talked about an agreement the N.B.A. signed to help establish a foothold in China.
It's also using this trip to Barcelona to help gain a foothold in Spain, through local big box store, MediaMarkt.
Palmisano's PwC Consulting acquisition was supposed to help IBMgain a foothold in this new area, since PwC's 30,000 consultants had experience doing high-end strategy consulting and running business processes like finance and personnel.
It is particularly telling that on the very June afternoon Kinnear announced his Tyneside return, Jakaya Kikwete, the president of Tanzania, toured Sunderland's Academy of Light training complex with Short, whose desire to gain a commercial and scouting foothold in Africa has led Sunderland to help fund a football academy in Dar es Salaam.
ThyssenKrupp Steel, the Duisburg-based steel unit of the German heavy industry company ThyssenKrupp, is considering a $180 million investment in the United States to help strengthen its foothold in America.
