| But its foray didn't gain traction in the face of competition from the fleet-footed white labels. |
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| The informal network is where ideas in their infancy can be formulated, adapted and gain traction before presented. |
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| Without such central support, ongoing efforts in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation cannot gain traction. |
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| To gain traction for Evergreen media fabrics, they called on brand managers with leading retail outlets. |
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| Hopefully, Manfred's attempt to divert attention from illegal anabolic steroids to perfectly safe over-the-counter supplements won't gain traction. |
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| For example, we may produce systems that alter the combustion properties of fuels, the viscosity of lubricants, or the ability of vehicles to gain traction. |
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| Mobile shopping continues to gain traction as handheld devices supplant laptops as the primary means of online access. |
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| Other proposals, like training a civilian conservation corps, have yet to gain traction. |
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| In Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela meanwhile, a common portrait emerges of political reforms that are failing to gain traction on the ground. |
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| Facebook says its already driving plenty of traffic and the App Center could further assist developers trying to gain traction. |
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| With the continued commitment of the Clerk, public service renewal also continued to gain traction. |
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| It seems reasonable that this expectation of enhanced disclosure will broaden and gain traction in the regulatory and enforcement arenas. |
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| While financial markets are still reeling from the implosion in the U. S. banking system, there have been tentative signs that the policy measures are starting to gain traction. |
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| In recent months, financial market conditions have improved noticeably and further, gradual progress is likely as numerous international policy initiatives gain traction. |
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| Additional initiatives to stabilize financial institutions in advanced economies are now under way, and the extraordinary measures taken by central banks and governments are starting to gain traction. |
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| If they do not, the extremes gain traction on the political process. |
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| Ubisoft continued its sustained capital expenditure policy, which should enable the Company to gain traction in new platforms, create new releases in various genres, and more generally increase its market share. |
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| The period in review saw economic recovery gain traction. |
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| Emerging market currencies could also run into turbulence, especially if higher interest rates are seen to sap equity market strength and gain traction in slowing world demand. |
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| Lobbyists to fund weeks of lies, negative attacks and push polling, career politician Trey Grayson has been unable to gain traction. |
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| The second attempt, the Charlottetown Accord of 1992, also failed to gain traction. |
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| In the belief that the heavy contraption could not gain traction on smooth wooden rails, Blenkinsop had given it a ratchet wheel running on a cogged third rail, an arrangement that created frequent breakdowns. |
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| But those attacks struggled to gain traction. |
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| Mobile shopping continues to gain traction. |
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| Our view is that the effects of the extraordinary reflationary measures that have been undertaken on a global scale should gain traction as the year progresses. |
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| She saw it as an excellent opportunity for the social struggle she waged during her entire working life to gain traction in the field of intellectual research. |
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| Therefore, the issue failed to gain traction. |
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| As such, EDC is forecasting that growth will return in 2010 as governments' various fiscal and monetary policies gain traction, although the rates of growth will be relatively modest compared to the 2009 declines. |
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| It features a worldwide slump, the restructuring process in the US taking longer than expected to gain traction, a collapse of world trade and the destabilization of a couple of emerging markets. |
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| There are signs that these extraordinary measures are starting to gain traction, although more will be required and it will take some time for financial conditions to return to normal. |
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| Last year, several small vendors were trying to gain traction from MP2 customers who felt Datastream's new 7i product was too much for their operation. |
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