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Newfoundland could have been an earlier, colder Cuba — but with a foothold on the American mainland.

And even with a foothold in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda wouldn't significantly strengthen its ability to harm the West.

Phosphorescent is a Brooklyn band that hasn't forgotten its Southern pedigree, creating washy psychedelia with a foothold in country-rock.

The third quarter found a definite switch in momentum, however, as the visitors began to make unusual mistakes, presenting Salford with a foothold in the game.

The Old Vic staged Turgenev's Fortune's Fool last winter, but A Month in the Country is his only play with a foothold in the repertoire.

They include a scion of the Rothschild banking dynasty, a former dealmaker at Goldman Sachs and two Turkish tycoons with a foothold in the wild and wildly contentious world of Iraqi oil.

Hitchens's father was a career Navy man from a working-class family who reached the rank of commander and, with that, a foothold in the middle classes.

"The short-term blip in Latin America," said Mr. Johnstone, the Davenport analyst, "is something that comes along with gaining a foothold in emerging markets".

Beyond just assisting with gaining a foothold in the Chinese market, a Chinese investor can help a startup better understand what this market wants and how to craft the most engaging marketing strategy.

Provisions for five years of seed money may well provide MVHI with the time to gain a foothold with the DOD, especially given the diversity of intellectual firepower the institute can draw upon.

And when he'd taught her, he helped her get a job: only in the chorus of "The Quaker Girl" to start with, but still a foothold in a new world.