41.   Coach Kinding is now free to raise the bar.

42.   Democrats took care not to criticize Mrs. Dole, with a tacit acknowledgment that she has raised the bar to an almost impossible height for Mrs. Clinton in Chicago.

43.   Designated hitter Rafael Palmeiro raised the bar yesterday.

44.   Even as barriers fall and the use of profanities and obscenities in films and magazines abounds, the bar is being raised to public saltiness in political figures.

45.   Even seemingly innocuous questions about Arkansas players triggered bitter tirades about academic standards designed to raise the bar for incoming freshmen.

46.   Even with the magical seventh win, Claiborne talked about raising the bar now that the bowl bid is wrapped up.

47.   Faculty last spring raised the bar for cum laude from a B-plus to an A-minus and similarly hiked the criteria for magna and summa.

48.   Fisk has raised the bar ridiculously high.

49.   Frankly, Baltimore slugger Albert Belle raised the bar on ingenious cyber-communication this summer.

50.   Gary Peterson admits the bar has been raised at College of the Canyons.