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What they found was that most people preferred to work with the lovable fool rather than the competent jerk.

After all, unlike the other vaccines currently in the pipeline, this one is alive and replication-competent.

As his later wartime record would show, Jackson was extremely competent in the many skills required of a commanding general.

But he had a personal fortune—he spent $1.5 million of his own money on the race—and a competent, if uninspired, message.

“Either of the MiG types must be honored, especially in the hands of a competent pilot,” the retired pilot said.

Unfortunately, I had studied so little at that time, that I don't feel as if I were competent to judge him.

Sometimes the tracing down may have been done by some advanced pupil or competent assistant.

Judging from the rapid progress he made in a short time, this teacher must have been thoroughly competent.

That persons competent to judge of their merit would in after years pronounce them of priceless value.

The things these fellows produce are all read and checked by competent General Staff Officers.