Islamist militants have established a significant foothold in parts of Africa in recent years.
Many fear the episode will sow more chaos in this Colorado-size territory on the Atlantic coast, or even create an opening for Al Qaeda, which has gained a foothold in neighboring countries in northwest Africa in recent years.
Now, for many Muscovites, who scrambled in recent years to find a foothold, just hanging on has become agonizing.
Although the N.F.L. has not had a team in Los Angeles in recent years, it has kept a foothold in that region.
Though the Maldives is a tiny country of only about 400,000 people, the turmoil here has attracted the attention of the United States, Britain, India and other countries because of its location near busy, pirate-infested shipping lanes, and as a result of concerns that Islamists, who have grown bolder in recent years, could gain a bigger foothold here.
The spaces are being set up to incubate start-up and smaller, less established businesses, Mr. Phillips said, companies that otherwise might find it hard to get a foothold in a neighborhood where retail rents have grown rapidly in recent years.
While precision medicine has captivated the field of oncology in recent years and is gaining an increasing foothold in the clinic, we should also not discourage the continual investigation of natural products as antineoplastic agents.
The deal is being driven, in part, by Mylan's interest in gaining a foothold in the branded drug market where King has devoted much of its energy in recent years.
In recent years, militant groups have taken advantage of the city's lawlessness to establish a foothold, effectively taking control of certain areas.
In recent years, however, Mr. Waxman has bounced from one project to another, never seeming to get a foothold.
