• So now I've got a better foot in.

    NPR: Pretexting Is Alive and Well in Corporate America

  • And rich societies are better able to foot the bill for treatment and medical advances.

    ECONOMIST: Can you be too rich?

  • The Army is trying to control foot traffic better than in year past, but local television shows the bridge jammed with people.

    NPR: Shiite Pilgrims Willingly Risk Lives for Faith

  • Sledge, having scooped up the dead bees from the doorjamb in the Nursery, embedded these in the gunk to form a ring of bee emissaries, the better to passport the foot into whatever afterlife it deserves.

    NEWYORKER: Lostronaut

  • Startup is taken seriously: Probably one of the more important reasons of associating with a respectable incubator, startup teams are taken more seriously and get a lot better chance at getting the foot in the door.

    FORBES: Pros and Cons of Joining an Incubator

  • Celtic's Morten Rasmussen should have done better with a right-foot strike from the edge of the Hibs penalty area in the last few minutes of the game, but the visitors held out and interim manager Neil Lennon maintained his 100% record in charge of the Glasgow side.

    BBC: Robbie Keane

  • Health care entrepreneur Randall Pittman quickly discovered his 140-foot cruiser, Whirlaway, was better suited for a voyage to the Galapagos than for quick maneuvering. (He has a 90-foot racing boat, Genuine Risk, to console himself.) A 66-footer collided with New York real estate owner Harry Macklowe's 111-foot Unfurled and limped off with a hole in its side.

    FORBES: Wallypalooza

  • Cyprus did not fair much better, finishing one off the foot of their group with two wins and two draws from ten outings.

    BBC: Lennon gets armband

  • It found that 26% of the sample had Tinea pedis, better known as athlete's foot, while 30% had Onchomycosis, an infection that causes toenails to become thickened, discoloured and distorted.

    ECONOMIST: Fancy footwork

  • McDowell -- who claimed his first major at Pebble Beach in 2010 -- played better but still missed a 24-foot birdie putt, to end his hopes.

    CNN: Webb Simpson wins U.S. Open

  • If Romney wants to get his foot in the door, he better start by knocking.

    CNN: Obama, Romney make same mistake on Hispanics

  • Diabetes UK says that up to 80% of foot amputations could be avoided if better care was in place.

    BBC: Slow care leads to foot amputations

  • "She would stomp out the beat with her right foot and, boy, the drummer better play Koko's beat, " Iglauer says.

    NPR: Blues Queen Koko Taylor Dies At 80

  • "Everybody has to put their best foot forward to show why we're better than everyone else, " says Mike Tyer, Fox River's marketing director.

    WSJ: It Ain't Rocket Science, but Sock-Making Comes Close

  • Ever since he had been feeling better, he went for multiple promenades, sometimes on foot and sometimes in a little red buggy that he drove by making skibbling motions against the floor.

    NEWYORKER: A Tiny Feast

  • Just by stepping foot on Afghan soil, he will make everything better.

    BBC: Afghan hopes ride on ex-king

  • Crocs, which have some structure, cushion and breathability, can be an easy alternative to flip-flops, while sandals with a substantial foot bed and softer and broader straps are also a better option, Oswell said.

    CNN: Flip-flops present feet with a painful problem

  • They will foot part of that bill and more care does not equal better medicine.

    FORBES: Sequestration Or Cut Waste In Health Care? Which Would You Choose?

  • With a 52-foot mast, Deuce carries 840 square feet of sail, better than 12 times that of the more common, ubiquitous DN class of iceboat (named for a design contest sponsored by the Detroit News in the 1930s).

    FORBES: Shiver Me Timbers

  • The treatment ends with a shiatsu foot massage where pressure is applied to acupuncture points that allow for the better flow of energy throughout the body.

    BBC: A tango-tempo massage in Argentina

  • Home Depot's 100, 000-square-foot stores, meanwhile, were wowing builders and homeowners with lower prices, better selection and better service.

    FORBES: Merchant Princes

  • The preacher stood on a humble, foot-high dais, to show that he did not believe he was better than them.

    NPR: Excerpt: 'The Prince of Frogtown'

  • Still, there is no better way to experience the indigenous wildlife and fascinating landscape than by exploring the islands by foot.

    FORBES: Galapagos Islands By Land And Sea

  • Peter Crouch should have done better than direct a fifth-minute header wide, and Babel curled a fine right-foot effort against an upright three minutes later.

    BBC: CHOOSE A SPORT

  • Just after the half-hour mark the visiting keeper did even better to get down to his left and keep out Obinna's fiercely struck right-foot shot as Birmingham's defence continued to look suspect in front of him.

    BBC: West Ham 2-1 Birmingham

  • The hosts had the better of it on a difficult pitch, but Charles N'Zobgia's fine left-foot shot hit the post after he burst in from the right.

    BBC: Wigan 0-0 Bolton

  • Second, Ari Rapkin, a computer graphics software engineer at ILM, introduces an amazing paradox: What the special-effects crews are doing is often not emulating physics but tweaking it--because storytelling is better served by showing the audience what it expects, not what would actually happen if a 3-foot-tall creature drew his light saber.

    FORBES

  • Better to draft that high-priced rookie and cross your fingers that he doesn't sprain his other foot next month.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

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