1.   And in part it is her ability, like Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, to break gender ceilings.

2.   And the stock market seems to break new ceilings weekly.

3.   Beyond her Cooper Union accomplishments, Dr. Baum has a history of breaking glass ceilings.

4.   But rather than break the ceiling that bars many minorities and women from moving up the corporate ladder, she went around it, eventually moving to another department.

5.   Even so, the dollar broke the ceiling.

6.   The purchase broke the ceiling on my expenditure for glass, ever.

7.   The women try to meet once a year for a weekend or weeklong retreat, sharing career strategies and methods to break glass ceilings.

8.   Unless one of the top three makes a major mistake, even fourth-ranked Stojko will have a tough time breaking the ceiling even with his technical superiority.

9.   Gail Dudack, from UBS Securities, was less confident that the ceiling would be broken by the end of the year.