Heroic pronouncements like the one above, which would seem to raise the specter of failure and impel employees forward, perversely do just the opposite: they incent employees to lobby to lower the bar and slip the delivery date.

FORBES: We Never Fail

Meeting someone via the web is also safer, they argue, than trying to pick up a date at random in a bar.

ECONOMIST: Online dating

This is the first title to be released in some time that is expected to once again raise the Blu-ray bar and be the best selling titles to date.

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Although both had to go back to work after the date ended, they wound up at the bar for three hours.

FORBES: My Weird Hobby: Matchmaking Lawyers

Each of these stocks traded to 52-week lows or year-to-date lows on Friday, so the earnings bar has been lowered significantly after the market declines of the past two weeks.

FORBES: Welcome To The New Bear Market For Stocks

Hipmunk's app has an easy-to-read calendar display of fares by date, and trips are shown with a time bar and connections labeled in the middle making it easy to see duration and routing.

WSJ: To Take the Hassle Out of Traveling, Pack These Apps

Of course, the fact that science has not, to date, shown conclusively that chocolate - pure or impure, in bar-form or egg-shaped - causes acne is unlikely to stop adults using the threat of spots to try and slow down their children's intake.

BBC: Does chocolate give you spots?

Given the aggressive pricing, the up-to-date hardware and design, and the software tweaks, the new Kindle Paperwhite sets a high bar for Apple, which will bring out an iPad mini later this month.

FORBES: Amazon Sets A Fast Pace For Apple

Maybe he should take her back to the carnival, he thinks, where she wins another Kewpie doll (this is at least their second date, maybe their fourth), and this time they go for a romantic nightcap at the bar where they first met.

NEWYORKER: Going for a Beer