But the deputy speakership was just a stepping-stone to the top job for al-Abadi.
I remember that being a stepping-stone for me when it comes to why he gets so aggravated.
Rule he sought after only as a stepping-stone to larger spoils.
Higher education in industrial art is the stepping-stone to this.
Who knows but what this may be a stepping-stone into a successful career?
Inasmuch as he had such a stepping-stone, the very least he could do was to make use of it.
Defeat has been accepted but as the stepping-stone to new endeavor.
It is mystery all—except that the accursed bridal will be the stepping-stone to her grave!
He just thought it a stepping-stone, but it was a tombstone.
They would by that time have made a stepping-stone of the emperor.
