But low valuations or excellent growth prospects--or both--can be powerful justifications for investing.
Seventy-five percent of respondents said the MTA did a good or excellent job.
Most of these offers are going to cardholders with good or excellent credit scores since they represent less risk of defaulting.
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But in 2011, nearly every issuer has ramped up the rewards trying to attract new customers with good or excellent credit scores.
When asked specifically about each leader, city voters gave Christie especially high marks, with 89% saying he did a good or excellent job.
Consumers with good or excellent credit scores are receiving the majority of these solicitations, and rewards seem to be the bait being used to attract new customers.
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Only 10% of those who took part in the AA survey rated their local roads very good or excellent, with the lowest ratings going to Scotland and the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The standing of Western forces was also in decline (just 33% thought they were doing a good or excellent job) although the Taliban and foreign jihadists were highly unpopular.
Gov. Cuomo got a similarly high rating, with 85% saying he did a good or excellent job, and Mayor Bloomberg scored well also, with 75% saying he did a good or excellent job.
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David Miliband: Secondly, if you look at the performance of local government, the independent assessments that are carried out by the Audit Commission, suggest that two thirds of councils are now delivering a good or excellent service, that's good.
Also, 72% of Afghans rated President Hamid Karzai as excellent or good - compared with 52% 12 months ago - and 60% rated the performance of the present government as good or excellent, as opposed to 10% who thought it was poor.
The percentage of voters who called the selection of Edwards good or excellent -- 64 percent -- was about 10 points higher than the percentages of voters in 2000 who were pleased with either President Bush's choice of Cheney or Democrat Al Gore's choice of Sen.
While Apple has three or four excellent spots for the iPhone 5 focusing on its phone.
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The broadcasters' poll also found that support for Mr Karzai has been falling, although 52% still thought he was doing a good or even excellent job (some analysts say his true support is much lower).
He said three-quarters of eye clinic patients now rated their experience 'very good' or 'excellent', and Surgicentre had one of the best length of stay records for knee and hip replacements in the east of England.
Or, codes can be awarded to excellent players, or given to newer, more tentative players to encourage them to keep playing.
And 80 percent of the Democrats say they rate their candidates as excellent or good.
It's also nearly 20 points less than the percentage of non-investors who give Obama excellent or good grades.
Non-investors' opinions on this question are very similar, with 27% saying U.S. economic policy was excellent or good.
Bathing water quality at Portstewart Strand and Portrush East Strand has been either excellent or good during that time.
Among Americans who have flown at least once in the past year, 57% have an excellent or good opinion of the agency.
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On the DVD side, movie lovers can enjoy a newly remastered set of "The Godfather" saga or the routinely excellent releases by Pixar studios.
Within the historic Royal Colleges, such as those of surgeons or physicians, excellent practice is celebrated, and proper standards are set, pushed and protected.
The media itself is getting high marks from the public for its coverage of the tragedy, with 85 percent describing coverage as excellent or good.
When the September employment data were released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), depending on political persuasion, the news was either excellent or it was a sham.
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According to staffing firm Hudson, IT workers were also less optimistic in August about their personal finances, with just 47% rating them as excellent or good, down from 62%.
While 95% of councils in England got an excellent or good rating, it is clear that this has only been achieved because they are providing services to fewer people.
And just 51 percent rated the nation's economy as excellent or good, but an overwhelming majority said their family was holding steady financially (58 percent) or getting ahead (21 percent).
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