Faces that are more symmetrical and average-looking tend to be rated as more attractive in scientific studies.
Players are competing with each other to be rated as highly as possible and drafted as early as possible.
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Schools in England will no longer be rated as "outstanding" by inspectors if they fail to close the attainment gap between poor and affluent children.
Dr Wenneras and Dr Wold found that she would need to be, on average, 2.5 times as good on their measures to be rated as highly by reviewers.
While it is worth reflecting that the vast majority of inter-actions with it would be rated as "satisfactory, " the overall end of year verdict should probably read: "Could Do Better".
Games ought to be age-rated, just as films are, and retailers should not sell adult-rated games to children any more than they should sell them adult-rated films.
Boring old utility companies that had been hoping to be re-rated by the stockmarket as exciting, new Internet firms may have their hopes dashed after all.
Laws also faces a selection headache in defence as he will be without injured captain Steven Caldwell, while Clarke Carlisle is rated as only 50-50 with a side strain.
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The timing of this move perhaps could not be better, as the perennially highly-rated and Emmy-winning Big Bang Theory is off to a gangbusters start for 2013.
The highly rated TV series kicked off what came to be known as "jiggle TV, " series full of young actresses who appeared in bikinis at the drop of a hat.
That could prove very problematic, and the stakes are huge: American Idol is one of the biggest hits in American television history, the only show to be rated number one for seven straight years, and a rarity as a weekly mega-hit on two different nights and time slots.
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That could be simply too much for the companies, whose debt is already rated as junk, to bear.
Most recently, 15-year-old Scott Redding's debut victory last year will live long in the memory of any British fan and his podium on Sunday, which he rated as an even bigger achievement under the circumstances, will be equally cherished.
Although they tended to buy AAA-rated paper, that designation is not as reliable as it used to be, as the credit crunch has shown.
Drivers in Northern Ireland, Wales and London reported roads to be in best condition, but even there more than 50% of respondents only rated them as fair.
Investors should be especially wary of lower-rated bonds, especially those that back ancillary projects, such as dormitories, development agencies and hospitals, says Richard Ciccarone, chief research officer at McDonnell Investment Management in Oak Brook, Ill.
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