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21 min: After a shaky start, England look to have taken a foothold here.

But an anti-tolerance sentiment that started around 2001 and has taken a foothold.

Ironically, now that heroin has taken a foothold in white suburbia, those harsh sentencing guidelines are being struck down in favor of rehabilitation over prison.

Though Southeast Asian in origin, this study would be relevant to clinicians across continents where dengue has taken a foothold.

"It fears that soccer will take a foothold in Australia.

But gangs were starting to take a foothold there, too.

The year 1989 was also when the Japanese electronics giant Sony took a foothold in Hollywood.

Before women's international soccer took a foothold, Lily Parr was a true pioneer.

As the afternoon developed, Wales took a foothold in the match.

NEW YORK TIMES Investment Firms Take a Foothold in Russia  |  A $10 billion fund backed by Russia, which was set up to partner with private equity firms and sovereign funds, announced agreements with firms like BlackRock, Goldman Sachs and Franklin Templeton, Reuters reports.

The political deadlock has reignited simmering conflicts with separatists and militants, raising fears that Yemen's al-Qa'ida wing could take a foothold on the borders of Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter.