51.   His early death, like that of his father, puts him on the path toward legend.

52.   His band veered toward global-vision political anthems, not exactly a path toward commercial gold.

53.   Independent analysts say that U.S. objectives look farther away and the path toward them is far from clear.

54.   Interfax quoted officials as saying that Russia might file a protest over the spying incident, placing another stone in an already rocky path toward improved relations.

55.   It is a controlled rush, with players tutored to hold a straight forward path toward McNabb so that he cannot easily exploit gaps in the line.

56.   Instead, to judge from these essays, it leads him along a path toward religious faith.

57.   It is an irony not gone unnoted that Shamrani, like other militant Muslims, began his path toward anti-American terror on an American-sponsored program.

58.   It was frustration that set him on the path toward basic research.

59.   It was her mother, Dr. Pipher said, who without knowing it set her on the path toward becoming a writer back when she was a young girl.

60.   It never hurts to have that kind of additional, nonverbal path toward intimacy.