1.   Foreign powers had long penetrated the area in quest of wealth or influence, or to counter the lusts of their adversaries.

2.   Japan can be an important stepping stone for American corporations in penetrating that area.

3.   US Healthcare has tried for years to penetrate the area, which is already crowded with well-entrenched HMOs.

4.   But some enemy U-boats did penetrate the area.

5.   Dr Abu Hassan said the advantage of having such a squad was that it could penetrate areas that were inaccessible to ambulances.

6.   Roy said Apple has a plan to penetrate new areas such as the consumer and home market.

7.   To penetrate these areas, the company has created the new PDD channel, to look after workgroup server market penetration in each country.

8.   But, amid sporadic gunfire, security forces managed to penetrate some areas, officials said.