"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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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.
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.
The Van Halens play roughly as well as they need to, but Diamond Dave had set the bar too high the first time.
Bonner says Lam set the bar so high it was difficult to go after immigrant smugglers in court.
With Optimus 4X HD, we've set the bar quite high for the industry and the competition.
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"DARPA has set the bar very high in this race, and no one is guaranteed to finish, " he says.
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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"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.
Combine that with high gross margins and channel fill and the bar got set very high.
The combination of little benefit and potential risk underscores the need "to set a pretty high bar" for the off-label uses of medicines, Dr. Yank said.
The move to exit some gross long positions as of Aug. 23 came as gold prices were swiftly moving to set the bar higher on record high prices.
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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Still, my RX100 experience set the bar very, very high for the RX1, and as much as I may not want to admit it, I'm enthusiastically shipping this short-term loaner back off to Sony, feeling a tad bit defeated by the almighty full-frame compact.
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Richard Pazdur, head of the Office of Oncology Drug Products, has set a high bar for judging the effectiveness of cancer drugs.
UPS, the largest transportation and delivery company by market cap, set a high bar for earnings in the sector.
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"If the bar is set too high, of course no one is willing to jump, " said Mr Cable.
This has the earnings bar set extremely high for fourth quarter earnings reports.
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"The results are very good for me, better than expected, " says Ju, especially since the bar was set very high.
Our concern is that the bar is set awfully high just as we stare right into a cyclical slowdown at best and more likely, something much more problematic.
The bar is set high: if half the 27 national parliaments are unhappy, then a majority of national governments (or a majority of members of the European Parliament) can insist a draft measure be scrapped.
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The Oxford Economics report reckons the 47-medal haul at the Beijing Olympics set a high bar.
Given the high bar set last year, it looks nearly impossible to CBS to break that number.
The bar has been set very high for Rio and other countries hosting future Olympic Games.
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