Some are more skilled at this than others.
Syria, weapons inspectors said, is more skilled at covering its tracks than Iraq was.
In fact, many of the higher primates are more skilled at duplicity than I am.
That system is in place, even if some are more skilled at keeping up appearances than others.
They prefer the manner of their own soldiers, who, they feel, are more skilled at gaining the confidence of civilians.
nytimes.com/national INTERACTIVE: ESTIMATION SKILLS Researchers have discovered that people who are good at estimating are more skilled at advanced mathematics.
And they are more skilled at seeking redress through courts and complaints, says Daniel Treisman, of the University of California, Los Angeles.Yet exceptions abound.
Hill's first memoir, Wiseguy, was written with Nick Pileggi, who was more skilled at turning gangster clichés into a compelling narrative than Hill's present collaborator, Gus Russo.
For a long time, because artists were more skilled at portraying the inner workings of the human body than doctors were at curing its ills, they reinforced the perception of the body as an aesthetic and theological miracle.
These couples, the researchers say, also tend to bring fewer unresolved problems to the marriage: fewer bridegrooms are in debt, and the brides, at least, appear to be more skilled at communicating.
