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Moreover, Barbieri and Scherer (2009) noted that the stepping stone effect is hampered by discrimination against young workers, women, southern Italian workers, and less-educated workers see also Contini and Rapiti (1999).
Teachers, academics and exam boards attribute much of the rise to the "stepping stone" effect of the AS-level.
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Buckland sees Sochi as a "big stepping stone".
"The World Cup's a stepping stone.
"The Commonwealth Games is an ideal stepping stone.
The definition of stepping stone is unified and relatively blurry.
This is a stepping stone along the way".
The tanker is basically a stepping stone.
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