21.   Lower the pot, or raise the ceiling.

22.   Many were unhappy the package did not include a long-awaited measure to raise the ceiling on foreign stakes in listed Korean companies.

23.   States are channeling more cases to small claims court by simply raising the ceiling.

24.   That announcement disappointed investors who had hoped the package would include a measure to raise the ceiling on foreign stakes in listed Korean companies.

25.   The ceiling is raised every few years not to finance new spending, but to pay the tab left from decisions already made.

26.   The father, like the son, always firmly believed he could soar higher, if only his coaches would consent to having the ceiling raised.

27.   The plan they developed involves reconfiguring the auditorium by pinching in the walls and raising the ceiling.

28.   The Senate can consider raising ceilings on donations to candidates, but only if the soft-money ban for the parties remains intact.

29.   There are at least three bills before Congress that would raise the ceilings.

30.   There will be little time for debate in the trauma-unit frenzy generated by the need to enact a budget and raise the ceiling on the national debt.