Word: foothold
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...regime. On a visit to Moscow last week, he signed a 20-year Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev similar to the one that Moscow has with Iraq. The Kremlin has long sought such a treaty with Syria as a way of gaining a new foothold, and perhaps a reliable ally, in the Middle East...
...used as mobile scaffolds in the construction industry. The firm opened in 1973, but it did not export at all until 18 months ago. Now 50% of Keedon's output is sold abroad, and the company has distributors in 33 nations. Company Vice President Bob Ryland gained a foothold in the Australian market by the disarmingly straightforward method of writing letters to 50 building-supply firms listed in the Sydney Yellow Pages. He received replies from 40 of them. Says he: "Many small businesses are unaware of the opportunities abroad. A machine like ours would cost four times...
...present as much of a threat to the Argentinian government. While The Herald is unable to convey news of violence and chaos to its native population, it can record the anarchy of terror ripping the South American nation. He occupies a tenuous position of privilege, but has a foothold nevertheless, and Cox and his staff feel they must take advantage of this opportunity to report...
...broader sense, any legal challenge to "pornography" or any other form of speech or expression must be met head on. Not to do so is to legitimize censorhisp--and censorship, once it has a foothold, can spread to many other areas...
LATIN AMERICA. East German largesse has been concentrated on Nicaragua, where the revolution last year provided an obvious target of political opportunity. Barely a week after Dictator Anastasio Somoza had fled the country, East German medical and economic assistance teams were in Managua establishing an early foothold. As one East German doctor admitted at the time: "We do not leave political considerations aside." Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Miguel d'Escoto has called the GDR a "natural ally" of the Sandinista revolution, and last month a high-ranking delegation from Managua spent several days in East Berlin to sign a series...