Google, for its part, got higher marks from the EFF for its Transparency Report site that maps and tracks government requests for data.

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James Blythe, now a student at Oxford, was given a D grade for coursework in his history A-level last year - in contrast to much higher marks for other parts of the exam.

BBC: A-level marking 'grossly unjust'

One drawback: Kaufman's digitally corrected photographs get higher marks for accuracy than esthetics.

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It too has a debt-free balance sheet and gets only marginally higher marks for share price value from the charts.

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In our 2011 poll taken last week, Reagan gets higher marks for greatness from those 65 and older than does FDR, 64% to 52%.

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It's one thing for card companies to raise rates on customers who are behind in their payments or whose credit scores decline greatly, but quite another for on-time customers with no apparent black marks against them to be put in the higher-rate camp.

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This is the higher-end of the two new HD DVD Toshiba models, and gets high marks for its improvements on the previous model, with faster loading times, 1080p support, a smaller form factor, and a much-improved chipset for upscaling standard-definition DVDs (the HD-A2 lacks 1080p and the improved upscaling chip).

ENGADGET: Toshiba's second-gen HD-XA2 reviewed HD