These would have been cut by even more had the companies not persuaded the rating agencies to hold fire while they try to flog any assets they can.

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Nashville may have a bigger rating, but "Chicago Fire" did a better job of keeping viewers in their seat.

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He questioned why Mr. Bloomberg has waited so long to try to fire teachers with two straight years of an "unsatisfactory" rating, a power the administration has always had but left up to principals' discretion.

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