For years, tech writers reviewed each new smartphone on a simple grading scale: Is this the iPhone killer?

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On the grading scale, BofA did slightly better, with Kramer noting the bank is in a "difficult situation" with troubled assets in collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) and some real estate from Merrill Lynch.

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Cantalupo decided it was time to start grading restaurants on a scale everyone could understand.

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With no evaluation deal in place, the city will revert to its previous system of grading teachers on the up-or-down scale.

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