Ceiling in example sentence

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner recently informed members of Congress that the government will be in this situation on or around August 2.Having already officially hit the ceiling, the Treasury is moving money around and tapping various pots of unused funds to pay its bills.

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So for a long time in the economic sphere, we've lived with the term "glass ceiling."

For one thing, it puts men and women in a really antagonistic relationship with one another, because the men are these devious tricksters up there who've put up this glass ceiling.

And we're always below the glass ceiling, the women.

And we have a lot of skill and experience, but it's a trick, so how are you supposed to prepare to get through that glass ceiling?

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