footholds

The deal with Nokia exemplifies the kind of footholds Intel will need to claw its way into chips for pocket-sized products, a market that is growing more rapidly than traditional computers.

Intel Makes Another Run at Phones With Nokia 2009

Saleh also threatened that his ouster could turn Yemen into a haven for al-Qaida — directly touching on U.S. fears that chaos in Yemen could open room for more terrorist footholds.

Yemen's president vows no retreat 2011

A number of Portuguese high-tech firms are building footholds in Brazil, aided in part by the fact that Portugal and its onetime colony share a history and a language.

Ted Zoller: U.S. Entrepreneurs Need A 'True Global Mindset' Ted Zoller 2011

During these same years, most of my friends were finishing college, looking for footholds in careers that interested them.

In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

They hug her ankles and struggle for footholds on the straps of her slingback high heels.

A Statuesque Blonde Bombshell Explodes a City's Sense of Decorum Erica Orden 2011

He scrambled upward as fast as his body would take him, until one of his footholds gave way under his weight and he only managed to keep from falling by catching his weight with his right hand.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

He scrambled upward as fast as his body would take him, until one of his footholds gave way under his weight and he only managed to keep from falling by catching his weight with his right hand.

Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011

Bernie Ecclestone has been trying to break into the Big Apple since before his Beatles haircut turned white and now, with Austin, Texas, scheduled to host a race next year and New Jersey set to join the calendar in 2013, the ringmaster will have two footholds in the US.

Double dose of F1 Americana thrills Bernie Ecclestone 2011

Amid the scramble for factual footholds, it became clear that the impact on schools was substantial.

Public sector strikes end in propaganda war 2011

Some, historically bullied into silence, have organized recent revolutions against oppression gaining footholds through social media like Facebook and Twitter, forever changing the face of the Mediterranean and North Africa.

Rev. Barbara Kaufmann: Power to the People Works When People Claim the Power Rev. Barbara Kaufmann 2011