You will find the institute's competent work behind practically every American success in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"All I will say is that I think you see a group of very strong competent leaders behind me.
Not coincidentally, Scott, for perhaps the first time in his long, harum-scarum career, has empathetic and competent management behind him, as well as an enthusiastic, if modest-sized, new record label in Milestone.
Previous operations to clear the Taliban from towns and cities have failed across Afghanistan, in large part because the Americans and Afghans have rarely left behind competent Afghan government or security forces to hold the places.
FOR the 35 years she worked at National Review -- almost 30 of them as managing editor -- Priscilla L. Buckley was largely acknowledged as the competent, organized force behind the more public editor in chief, her younger brother, William F. Buckley Jr.
England looked competent at worst behind, Burgess contributing to their first-half try by Jonny May, making a run from a lineout that allowed Anthony Watson to come in from his wing and create enough space that even a bungled pass to Brown did not give Wales enough time to reorganise their defence.
"They had some competent, experienced journalists behind it, but I can't imagine — other than people directly affected in Fort Worth and nearby areas — that there would be much of an audience at all," said Ed Bark, a former TV critic who now runs a Web site.
Few, admittedly, actually chose to detach themselves from the leisurely pace set by Ramon Dominguez, largely being trapped behind less competent runners.
In many cases, he said, if the homeowner has a job and the ability to continue making payments and has not fallen too far behind, a competent housing counselor can work out some kind of arrangement to stop the foreclosure and keep the person in the home.
"For the Europeans, he is considered to be very competent and the driving force behind reforms that have taken place over the past few years," Mr. Lagendijk said.
