41.   For Palestinians, the Israeli transfer of Hebron is merely a stepping stone to a broader goal of nationhood and a share of the disputed city of Jerusalem.

42.   Gooden sees his time with the San Juan Senators of the Puerto Rican winter league as just another stepping stone on his road back from exile.

43.   He also has made no secret of his intentions to use the governorship as a stepping stone to the presidency.

44.   He always loved military board games, another stepping stone to his forthcoming Red Storm cyber-gaming.

45.   He looms as a stepping stone for Douglas, but he does not want to hear that.

46.   He believes they never rose to prominence because the university served as a stepping stone for quality coaches who moved up.

47.   He opposed tactics like trade boycotts and came to favor the idea of a federation of ethnic states as a stepping stone toward majority rule.

48.   He sees the Senate as a stepping stone to the White House.

49.   He was appointed Sunday as head of the military, a key stepping stone.

50.   Heston denied speculation that his new NRA post is a stepping stone toward public office.