This is partly, one suspects, a consequence of his comfortable, self-confident background.
I am confident that my background and skills in Accounting, Data entry, AR/AP, Bank reconciliation, inventory control, Budgeting and Payroll will prove to be an effective match for the skills to do the job.
Ms. Muharram said she was confident that with her background as an electrical engineer, she would be able to find a job.
But she was confident that her research background prepared her to cover it well.
You should be very confident that with your background in science, a little practice would help you develop a strong business sense.
A lot of these people from middle-class backgrounds were confident but they didn't know how ordinary people spoke.
Over the weekend, those adventurers, the members of the Bronx High School of Science's class of 1950, came from as far as Denmark and Israel to recall how smart, ambitious students, regardless of their backgrounds, were confident that they could grab a piece of the American dream.
This background shaped the confident, assertive, street-wise characters she was to play in nearly 100 movies.
Mexico City is now very comfortable with who it is: confident enough to celebrate our background, yet energetic enough to make our own future happen.
"Because of his military background, Copts are confident he will be strong enough to restore security and enforce the rule of law," said Youssef Sidhom, the editor of Al Watany, a Christian newspaper.
Class is also a central concern in "A Card Trick", a story which is reminiscent of Barbara Trapido's wonderful Brother of the More Famous Jack: both describe a very particular intersection - between a clever woman of uncertain background, and the confident middle classes.
