Several players at the Sudirman Cup from lower-ranked nations said the Chinese players could not be blamed for raising the bar and that it was up to the rest to try to catch up.

在苏迪曼杯比赛上几个来自低级别国家的选手说,中国运动员不应该因为提高了该项目的门槛就受到批评,而应该是其他人要努力追赶。

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Starbucks, the omni-present purveyor of lattes and espressos was probably most responsible for raising the bar on what constitutes good coffee.

应该说，是星巴克提高了“好咖啡”的门槛，星巴克在北美可谓无处不在，而快餐店提供的咖啡只能算是品质一般的咖啡了。

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It gets worse. The new rules mandate that entitlement-spending increases be offset by spending cuts only - and actually bar the House from raising taxes to pay for such spending.

更糟糕的是，新的制度要求津贴花费的增加仅仅用减少花费来抵偿，而且实际上禁止了众议院通过加税来偿还这些花费。

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The new act will also bar companies from raising rates on existing debts unless payment is at least sixty days late.

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While the House bill would immediately bar private insurance companies from denying coverage or raising insurance premiums based on age or gender, the Senate would wait until 2014 for this to take effect, except for children who would be covered immediately.

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Even with these limits in place, the 2008 election is certain to set the fund-raising bar for elections to come.

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So today, I want to challenge all of you here, and I want to challenge Americans all across the country, to keep raising the bar, just keep raising the bar.

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