Still, the attack on the Cole crossed a new threshold in several respects.

The staircase marks a new threshold - between the public and private parts of the house.

The new threshold is "if someone committed a crime."

Now their adjusted income exceeds the new threshold of $44,000 by $3,000.

And then pain passed a new threshold, and logic failed.

Changes can be relatively small, and then suddenly you can move to a new threshold.

The new threshold represents a major increase in concern.

In most cases, the new threshold will have to be cut to the right length so it fits across the doorsill.

In the election itself, the party won just 2,387 votes - 0.07%, well below the new electoral threshold of 2%.

It is a new and low threshold in the tide of human affairs.