He entered tracks from her new Album "X" and they were, unsurprisingly, rated as potential hits.

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But he also entered a little-known, unreleased, song by 70s band Gong that included cows mooing, and it was also rated as a potential chart-topper.

CNN: The Spirit of Music: The Science of Pop

Each year, the best potential players incoming from high schools are rated and ranked.

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Monty Panesar took just one from 35 overs, and both face the potential embarrassment of being out-performed by the lowly rated Nathan Hauritz.

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One of the consultants who prepared the parking revenue forecasts for the bond issue is being sued by purchasers of another municipal bond issue for inflating potential stadium revenues in a deal that was initially highly rated but now has fallen to junk status.

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To determine which college areas offer the most solid investment potential, we turned to the upcoming edition of Cities Ranked and Rated for higher education data.

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Stocks that are rated SELL or STRONG SELL are most likely to underperform the market and these are the potential shorts in the model portfolio.

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