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The argument takes the form of what in philosophy is called a sorites paradox: for every competent person, there will be one just slightly less competent, where the difference between the two hardly seems significant enough to ground the claim that one is competent whereas the other is not.
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"These guys have fingered a particular signature for selection for competent performance in old age," she says.
*Enactment of laws providing for greater access to DNA testing for criminals and for competent legal counsel for defendants in capital cases.
We also thank Arne Düsedau for FACS support, Gundula Pilnitz-Stolze for competent technical assistance and the staff of the HPI animal quarters for their help.
Similarly universities want to attract the best staff talent, and find themselves competing with industry for competent managers, communications experts, development people and technology specialists.
Simultaneously, the party has squandered two of its most powerful electoral selling points: its reputation for grown-up foreign policy and for competent stewardship of the economy.
Meanwhile, Sather's search for a competent defenseman continued.
People yearn for honest, competent leadership they can trust.
He lost the 1969 coin flip that landed Kareem in Milwaukee and settled for a competent center named Neal Walk.
Our position is that training has to be suitable for less competent practitioners too; and that even for competent ones, explicit awareness and articulation of the different discourses available for thinking and communication (Ekblom [2012a]) offers advantages over the tacit.
More seriously though, Sandberg touched on how challenging it can be for a woman to be likable and competent, whereas men can be "liked for being competent".
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