"The conservative wing of the party has lost a highly competent representative," said Horst Seehofer, conservative premier of Bavaria.
What's more, many Democratic leaders in Brooklyn describe Mr. Owens as a competent representative who votes along his district's heavily Democratic lines.
The EC Directorate General for Energy kindly assisted in encouraging completion of the questionnaire by competent authority representatives.
But over the last few years, and especially after the withdrawal began, I've failed to find anyone who still believes that any of our stated goals — defeating the Taliban; training the Afghan security forces; leaving a lawful, competent, and representative government in Kabul; or even removing al Qaeda — will be achieved.
Nor do we do a particularly good job of choosing competent and honest representatives.
Mr. Hanson of Seattle said he would pay to reach a competent customer service representative immediately in certain circumstances.
Informed consent was obtained from patients (whenever competent) or their legal representatives before enrolment in the study.
The conference has brought together more than 350 students, teachers and principals of primary schools in Serbia, mentors of the "School without Violence" programme, educational counsellors and inspectors, as well as representatives of competent ministries and UNICEF.
(In contrast, Democrats are likely to have a competent candidate, most likely Representative Bruce Braley).
The National Transitional Council and the local military and civilian councils, which have been set up in each free Libyan locale, provide a ready-made, representative and competent transitional body to smooth things over until election time.
