Maze, who was forced to settle for third place, was more than happy with her performance as she continued to dominate the overall standings.
But some investors are happy to trade a little under performance for the opportunity to invest based on their faith.
The conclusions of those surveyed in the CNN poll cannot be welcome news for the McCain-Palin campaign, but Republicans have to be happy with Palin's performance, which was gaffe-free even as it was short on substance.
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"I am happy with the performance, happy with the victory but yes we've got things to work on, " he said.
He declared himself happy with his performance but believes there is more to come in future - with winning one of the shorter, flatter stages a target to work towards.
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That said, Ariel has been a gem for our clients, subscribers and shareholders and we are happy to maintain our position so long as it maintains leading performance.
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After seeing his side win only two of their previous 29 league matches, Brown will be happy just to collect the points - but the Tigers' performance was also hugely impressive.
Andrew admitted to BBC Sport that he did not know who was in contention for the role of performance director, but said he was happy to work with whoever is appointed, including Woodward.
Flintoff, meanwhile, was happy with his own performance - and insisted there is still more to come from him.
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The key point here that it is wrong to assume that by making employees happy, organizations can improve their performance.
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What we need to do is improve aspects of our performance that we weren't happy with last Wednesday.
That said, I have spoken to big investors, who tell me that they were generally impressed with his performance before he was forced to bow out - and would be happy to have him back, so long as he works in a way that doesn't burn himself out.
"Tony will be happy with the result against Hapoel - there's a lot of positives to take from the overall performance, " said Collins after the victory following goals from Georgios Samaras and Barry Robson.
"It was a much better performance from us and, while we're not entirely happy with a draw, if we continue to perform to that level we will pick up a Test win sometime this summer, " he said.
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