His studies did not follow the standard paths trod by Protestant students. (firstthings.com)
I had never really given the subject much thought and figured, like most students, that I'd follow the standard path to a postdoctoral appointment. (sciencemag.org)
The standard path to type Ia supernovae, the study's authors wrote, should have produced 30 to 50 times the x-rays observed, indicating that accreting white dwarfs account for less than 5 percent of the explosions. (scientificamerican.com)