aletterorcombinationoflettersused byratingsagenciesto show howcertainthey are that aloanwill bepaidback by thepersonororganizationthatborrowedthemoney:
Bonds which areratedA areconsideredas upper-medium gradeobligations.
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investment-grade
PRODUCTION
one of thelevelsofqualitygiven to aparticularproductorsubstance:
Considering the highgradeof preservation, the mineral formation process was probably a relatively quick event.
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From each of these four programs and for eachgrade, three reading texts were selected at random.
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Taken together, throwing away terms of high enoughgradeand the removal of terms with even l after summation removes a high proportion of commutators.
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The authors' grading scheme is telling in this respect.
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Sandalwood is graded into a number of classes which reflect different quality of scented heartwood and to distinguish between dried heartwood and sapwood timber.
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The average for eachgradewas a negative value; however, the fourth and sixth graders' averages tended to approach zero.
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Senior staff were headhunted by other companies, whilst there was a great turnover in staff amongst the labouring grades.
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However, subscale values did not significantly differ according to country of qualification, clinical speciality, number of years worked in psychiatry, place of work, clinicalgrade.
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Embracing the idea that representations may be graded opens up many interesting conceptual possibilities.
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At the firstgradelevel, reading instruction does not follow the phonics method, nor does it entail systematic instruction in phonemic awareness.
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At what rate do learners learn and retain new vocabulary from reading a graded reader?
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Specifically, for the moderate declining group, we found evidence thatgraderetention aggravated classroom physical aggression, but only when it occurred prior to age 13.
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The joke is lost on those for whom public schools are state schools, with not standards but grades.
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Since the robot is only expected to have to negotiate small grades, it only incorporates suspension systems at the two lateral wheels.
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Teacher-rated academic per formance in sixthgradewas not predictive of discordant cases in any of the three trajectory classes.
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cumulative grade point average
A minimumcumulativegradepoint average of 3.5 is required.
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failing grade
Students who get afailinggradeof 2, have two more chances to pass an examination.
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final grade
All were in thefinalgrade(grade 8) of primary school.
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