What you really need to know is your score around the time you will be applying for credit.

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That's said, I think to the point, Neal, that you made about holding votes to score points as opposed to solve problems - you know, both parties have paid the price for that.

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If you want the passerby to know how well they're doing, the claims explain an on-screen "composition score" that would rate their lining-up skills.

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