Elephants and other animals could walk freely without scraping their head on the ceiling — with plenty of room to spare.

大象和其他动物可以自由走动而不让天花板刮到它们的头部——那里有着充足的备用空间。

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Thanks to this new pricing scheme, developers can now use App Engine to deploy larger and more popular applications on the service without hitting the ceiling of Google's free quotas.

现在有了这个新的定价方案，开发者可以通过App Engine部署大型、更受欢迎的程序，而不用担心突破Google免费配额的上限。

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Once the Tea Party members of Congress reconceived themselves as part of the governing elite, what they wanted was for the debt ceiling to be raised -- without too many of them having to vote for it.

一旦茶党成员接受了成为统治精英的一部分这一现实，他们要做的就是同意上调最高债务限额--尽管他们当中不会有太多的人会同意上调债限。

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Without a ceiling, pay plans typically allow senior officers to receive up to twice as many shares, even when there is a negative shareholder return.

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But from 1 June, new borrowers, or current ones who switch deals, will have to revert to an SVR without any ceiling, currently set at 3.99%.

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"To raise the debt ceiling without dealing with the underlying problems is totally irresponsible, " Mr. Boehner said.

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