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  2. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some high schools, to reflect the varying skill required for different course levels, will give higher numerical grades for difficult courses, often referred to as a weighted GPA. For example, two common conversion systems used in honors and Advanced Placement courses are: A = 5 or 4.5; B = 4 or 3.5 [5] C = 3 or 2.5; D = 2 or 1.5; F = 0 [19]

  3. Film studies - Wikipedia

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    Film festivals play an important role in the study of film and may include discourses on topics such as film style, aesthetics, representation, production, distribution, social impact, history, archival and curation. Major festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival [18] offer extensive programs with talks and panel discussions. They also inform ...

  4. Motion Picture Association film rating system - Wikipedia

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    Like the X rating it replaced, NC-17 limits a film's prospects of being marketed, screened in theaters and sold in major video outlets. [42] In 1995, MGM/UA released the big-budget film Showgirls ; it became the most widely distributed film with an NC-17 rating (showing in 1,388 cinemas simultaneously), but it was a box office failure that ...

  5. Academic grading in Germany - Wikipedia

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    2.3 3 8 points 3.0 2.0 3− 7 points 3.3 1.7 50–65% 4+ 6 points 3.7 "ausreichend" (sufficient: an achievement that fulfills the requirements despite flaws) 1.3 4 5 points 4.0 1.0 0–49% 4− 4 points 5.0 "mangelhaft" / "ungenügend" / "nicht bestanden" (insufficient / failed: an achievement that does not fulfill requirements due to major flaws)

  6. Grading systems by country - Wikipedia

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    "ausreichend" (sufficient: an achievement that fulfills the requirements despite flaws) 1.3 4 5 points 4.0 1.0 0–49 4- 4 points 5.0 "mangelhaft" / "ungenügend" / "nicht bestanden" (deficient / insufficient / failed: an achievement that does not fulfill requirements due to major flaws) 0.0 5+ 3 points 5 2 points 5- 1 point 6 0 points

  7. Piano Trio No. 2 (Shostakovich) - Wikipedia

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    The Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67, is a piece for violin, cello and piano by the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, started in late 1943 and completed in August the following year. It was premiered on 14 November 1944. The piece was dedicated to his close friend Ivan Sollertinsky, whose death in February 1944 affected Shostakovich ...

  8. Filmmaking technique of Akira Kurosawa - Wikipedia

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    This approach to music can also be found in Stray Dog (1949), a film released a year after Drunken Angel. In the climactic scene, the detective Murakami is fighting furiously with the murderer Yusa in a muddy field. The sound of a Mozart piece is suddenly heard, played on the piano by a woman in a nearby house. As one commentator notes, "In ...

  9. William Baines - Wikipedia

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    Orchestral pieces include the Symphony in C minor, Op. 10 (1917), a Poem for piano and orchestra (1920), the Prelude to a Doll's Ballet (1920) and two tone poems, The Island of the Fey (1919) and Thoughtdrift (1921). Chamber music includes a String Quartet in E major (1917–18), a Piano Trio (1918), and a Violin Sonata in G (1917–19).