"He set the bar high for all who followed in his footsteps, " Carmona said.
And, people loved working for her as she set the bar high and then helped them reach it.
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His passion is to keep the bar high in a culture that often opts for the lowest common denominator.
None of the big accountancy firms wants churn rates to fall too far, if only to keep the performance bar high.
After President Obama gave nine pardons over the holidays, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi has set the bar high, I think, for compassionate pardons.
The University of Pennsylvania Career Services office has set the bar high by establishing a comprehensive survey of recently graduated alumni and publishing it in a clear and accessible manner.
Whether it was by provocatively modelng in his Armani underwear or being paraded in front of the press in another exquisitely tailored suit, Beckham set the bar high when it came to looking sharp.
Capitalizing on an idea that seems obvious in hindsight, Facebook set the user-engagement bar high for competing social utilities: its users currently spend an average of 6 to 7 hours on the site each month.
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Facebook's able to go this route because it keeps the bar high when hiring new employees, seeks generalists to fill engineering slots, and folks are expected to get up to speed as needed once they've joined Zuckerberg's flock.
Recapturing 15th-century Florence, not to mention the highfalutin exploits of da Vinci, demands impressive visual effects, and Goyer set the bar high: "My goal was to be at least on par with the production values of 'Game of Thrones, '" he says.
Bonner says Lam set the bar so high it was difficult to go after immigrant smugglers in court.
The upbeat outlook sets the bar very high, versus the more conservative forecast from Carnival.
With Optimus 4X HD, we've set the bar quite high for the industry and the competition.
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Nothing I read adequately covered this rather important detail, and I didn't exactly raise the bar very high.
"DARPA has set the bar very high in this race, and no one is guaranteed to finish, " he says.
The problem is that Pixar has had so much success that it has set its own bar incredibly high.
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"A prepaid product that requires simultaneous adoption by parents and teens may raise the bar too high, " Mr. Sloane says.
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So when a new video game wants to bring "Star Wars" to life like never before, that's setting the bar really high.
From that standpoint, the company has not made any promises and is being very careful not to set the bar too high.
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As a result, has Apple set the bar too high for itself?
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The Van Halens play roughly as well as they need to, but Diamond Dave had set the bar too high the first time.
Their films are also increasingly pricey affairs--in part because they are so well compensated--setting the bar excruciatingly high for a bona fide hit.
"We set the bar extremely high in terms of credibility and quality of coaches who'd worked with Grand Slam winners and top 10 players, " said Draper.
Yet at the end his approach to creative leadership required raising the bar remarkably high, inspiring others to do the impossible, and an almost unwavering ability to focus.
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Their specially concocted menu, named Backstage, is served in the main room, where the centrepiece is a bar piled high with scaffolding that serves cocktails in sealed bags with rubber ducks floating inside.
We try to keep the bar very high.
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While the quad-combo will drive adoption in mass market devices, the single solution on a card integrates the industry's first 5G WiFi combo chip with the BCM20793 NFC chip, raising the performance bar for high-end smartphones and tablets.
It is important to pay attention to seating for a home bar, says Mr. Bacardi, who has three high bar chairs with backs and arms.
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