Someone sets the bar of success at a high enough level that reaching it is worth the effort, and truly is an accomplishment.

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The market has been flooded with tablets but Apple still sets the bar in terms of features, form factor and pricing.

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In Seidemann's case, the court treats the union as an arm of the state and thus sets a high bar for speech it is seen as compelling the employee to make.

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The first impression of a person, product, or place sets the bar for any relationship.

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While serious bartenders tend to assemble their tools piecemeal, we layfolk often fall for the convenience of bar-in-a-box type sets.

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You enter the bar itself through an airlock of sorts, sets of door to keep the heat out, or cold in, depending how you look at it.

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This combined with the latest wave of Euro debt angst might create a pullback that finally sets the bar low enough for some handset sector names come the earnings season.

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While common sense shows us many good strategies to avoid decision fatigue, I really would not have guessed that a milkshake or candy bar could act as a kind of band-aid to deal with it once it sets in.

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