In Japan, the acquisition is a gamble on the continued growth of medical insurance as the population ages, even as other Western firms strengthen their foothold there.
Sure, things here on Earth have been pretty stable over the past few millennia, allowing human civilization to gain a foothold.
My mother spent nearly a decade working in the villages of Southeast Asia, helping women buy a sewing machine or an education that might give them a foothold in the world economy.
An acquisition is often the quickest (and sometimes the only) way to gain a foothold in a country.
When we have acquired a foothold of our own in the world, when we have had some share in shaping its course, then we can meet others smilingly.
Does it even have a solid, rocky surface on which life can gain a foothold, or is it like a mini-Neptune, with a kernel of solid stuff at its core and the rest mostly swirling gases?
They were informed that England intended and was about to gain a foothold on Greek territory.
The containment of SARS was the result of unprecedented cooperation between Governments which prevented the disease from gaining a foothold in the human population.
And then as as soon as they get a foothold inside the inner circle, you soon realize they don't really understand your idea in the first place, they just want to be on the winning team.
What steps could you take to get closer to number 5, or to get a stronger foothold therein?
Mathematical knowledge was certain and offered a secure foothold in a morass.
"The concept of philosophical beliefs is so wide that it will open a Pandora's box for employers and give individuals a foothold to obtain six- and seven-figure 'jackpot' payouts, " Doran says.
Within three weeks, the German and Italian forces had pushed the British army out of Libya and gained a foothold in Sollum, Egypt, threatening Alexandria.
Nevertheless, the rats were easily guided through pipes and across elevated runways and ledges, and could be instrUCted to climb, or jump from, any surface with a good foothold, such as a tree, the scientists write in Nature.
After Israeli conquest of these newly acquired 'territories,' a large settlement effort was launched to secure Israel's permanent foothold.
Since neither neutrality nor a stand could be maintained, their "neutral stand" eventually became a mere attempt to keep a foothold in nd this foothold the Japanese were allowed to run rampant.
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