The possibility also exists that Silberman can use this opportunity as a steppingstone to other ventures.

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While natural orifice surgery "isn't ready for prime time, maybe it's a steppingstone to something else, " Shikora said.

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Via Appia Antica stretches out south of Rome, as straight as a die, its steppingstone cobblestones disappearing into the distance.

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Silberman also can use this opportunity as a steppingstone to other ventures.

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In part II of his recent interview with Forbes publisher Rich Karlgaard, Phaneesh Murthy says that an outcome-based style of outsourcing may offer a steppingstone to advancement.

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Caitlin Halligan was one of two nominees named again by Obama to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, seen by many as a professional steppingstone to the Supreme Court.

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