• Republicans will try to make congressional inaction on energy legislation a campaign issue against the Democrats, Mann said, but will find it difficult to make headway with voters due to the GOP's unpopularity.

    CNN: Analysis: Will voters punish Congress for coming up empty?

  • "Drugs with advantageous safety profiles, in particular drugs that avoid daytime carryover, are not going to make headway with psychiatrists who as a group are prescribing Valium and Xanax during the daytime, " says Gary Richardson, a senior research scientist at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

    FORBES: The Next Ambien?

  • But if a faith is to make headway among those with different creeds, its leaders must be careful with their words and deeds.

    CNN: Planting the Cross

  • Edinburgh dominated the early possession but failed to make much headway, with their passing across the line being too flat to fox the English side's defence.

    BBC: Edinburgh 9-6 Bath

  • Jubilant leftist politicians said middle class economic discontent and frustration with Mr. Netanyahu's failure to make headway on the peace process coupled with Israel's growing international isolation contributed to his decline.

    WSJ: Israel Vote Weakens Premier

  • But if a year from now it's still failing to make headway in the race with Android and Apple, expect to hear plenty more about the huge opportunities offered by the developing world.

    BBC: Nokia's first Windows Phone 7 handset: Is it enough?

  • Such brushes with orthodoxy are unlikely to make much headway.

    ECONOMIST: History just ain��t what it used to be

  • In state capitals across America, the movement to divest public funds from shares of companies that choose to do business with state sponsors of terrorism continues to make major headway.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

  • The Red Devils were struggling to make any headway and Ferguson made a triple substitution before the hour mark with Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick and Alan Smith replaced by Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes and Cristiano Ronaldo.

    BBC: Man Utd 0-1 West Ham

  • The places the Tories do well in have little in common with those they must appeal to if they are to make headway against Labour.

    ECONOMIST: Bagehot

  • As with any radical change to an existing technology, especially a jet engine, a large installed base of expertise together with lots of regulation mean it can be hard for a newcomer to make headway.

    ECONOMIST: A new way to build a greener jet engine

  • For example, it is unlikely that a start-up will succeed in taking on Wal-Mart (WMT) directly in the retailing business with an everyday low price strategy nor will a start-up office operating system maker make much headway against Microsoft (MSFT).

    FORBES: HBS's Howard Stevenson: What Big Companies Can Learn from Start-ups

  • Yet even with the threat of execution and arrest, corruption still remains endemic and the government seems to make little headway.

    FORBES: Leadership

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