31.   But the signing is only the first step in what will be a long and difficult path toward peace.

32.   But Whitman said the fundamental purpose of the report was to chart a path toward reforming the state police, not to single out individual offenders.

33.   But with the Lady Vols and Connecticut eliminated, the path toward a possible national championship appears to be clearer.

34.   But widespread public alienation is the path toward political dictatorship and wholesale public and private corruption.

35.   By last October, the path toward a settlement seemed clear, although the details were still to be worked out.

36.   By steadily increasing military aid and covert activities, Kennedy put us firmly on the path toward full involvement, on the advice of his military and civilian advisers.

37.   Calls to martyrdom, presented by militants as a direct path toward eternal life, conveniently eschew the Koranic ban on suicide.

38.   Cardinal Ignace Moussa I Daoud, a Syrian Byzantine Catholic, was one of several who warned that the path toward reconciliation should be trod carefully, Husar recalled.

39.   Despite the heroic efforts of the negotiators at Dayton, the resulting agreement did not clear a path toward a stable end state.

40.   Even there, some dim outline of a path toward a peaceful solution exists.