| 单词 | competent |
| 例句 | De la O was acutely aware how critical a competent, brave medic was out in the field. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z In many ways she was as cool and competent as Henry; tough-minded and solitary in her habits, and in many ways as aloof. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I was competent on skis, but not much good on snowshoes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z As I made my way to the center gate, searching the crowd for an-other gray uniform, I was tremendously relieved to spot Miller, an unusually competent officer from my class, whom I really liked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Bobby was playing “Beer Barrel Polka” and other tunes and felt competent enough to give performances at more than one school assembly. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z She was a competent midwife and decisive diagnostician. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Glenn Seaborg is a very competent young chemist,” he said, “but he isn’t that good.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “She is not competent as a witness on her own behalf,” he said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z There he was a competent but not terribly outstanding chemist known more for his wild hair and beard, which he had trimmed just once a year, than for his gifts in the laboratory. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They looked neither strong nor competent nor sensitive. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Lou, hampered by a leg muscle he’d injured on the first morning of the trek to Base Camp, was slow but competent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It represents an intellectual breakthrough: Digges was the first competent astronomer explicitly to propose an infinite universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On the other hand, our group was far more competent than a number of the other teams on the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When you've got seventeen million followers, it's never hard to find a competent hacker who's willing to do you a favor. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He’d assured his brother that he knew what he doing, that he would conduct a competent hunt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Ragtime’s syncopation was drawn from a relatively limited menu of possible variations, and could therefore also be written down and mastered, in time, by any competent pianist. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z God knows how I ever became competent in it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z And I know we make fun of Bunny for being such a dreadful Latinist, but he’d managed to eke out a pretty competent little English translation of the more recent entries. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Each plant and animal is exquisitely made; should not a supremely competent Designer have been able to make the intended variety from the start? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Realizing that he was up against two big, competent mice who would stand no nonsense, he became abusive and bad-mouthed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Her movements were fluid and competent, not stiff. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Not that I have ever felt 100 percent competent in the writing business, where one day’s success augurs nothing at all for the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s not the best driver, but he’s competent, and keeps his eyes glued to the road. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The primary danger to the whales is a newcomer, an upstart animal, only recently, through technology, become competent in the oceans, a creature that calls itself human. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always another battle, another struggle to prove that Alex was as smart, as competent, as likely to succeed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It was as if no one expected the police would be interested in yet another disappearance or, if they were, that they would be competent enough to conduct an effective investigation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Hobbes’s point is not that expertise is whatever the sovereign says it is; it is that non-experts can be competent to select experts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I wish it was someone else who was chosen for this. Someone competent. If only I didn’t stop that robbery I wish I didn’t have to go through with it all.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z They were pink, fat, friendly, very competent and sweated profusely. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The younger Cooksey was a competent physicist then investigating the elusive qualities of X-rays, but he knew he was no match for the newcomer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The smile faded; he was obviously wondering if I was mentally competent. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dorian’s Eyllwe was just competent enough that he understood the gist of it to be: “His Highness certainly knows how to keep women entertained.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Aristotle was still taught by rote, and the only thing a Cambridge education fitted anyone for was to be a competent priest or a bad doctor. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And that mattered, the way it mattered that she be busy but not busy at the same time — that, while competent, she be a Chinese girl. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Charles imagined himself to be clever, handsome, and competent. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Although a number of artists have been competent in both painting and sculpture, only a handful managed to bridge the gap between them with complete success. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know if the officers were competent.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But first a tissue sample had to be provided, which required a tricky biopsy that Farmer delegated to a very competent Haitian surgeon in Mirebalais. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It’s like my old competent mom is back, and that mom knows I love coffee yogurt. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z By 1624, eleven years after he had made public his discovery that Venus had a full set of phases, Galileo could take it for granted that no competent person would defend the Ptolemaic system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Of course: Nearly all the soil of Jackson Park was competent to support floating foundations except the one portion destined to bear the fair’s biggest and heaviest building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Isn’t she just being the competent kind of mom who gets her kids yogurt? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z For example, even though Stephanie was apparently the most competent volunteer, she never bragged about her accomplishments; she hardly deemed them worth mentioning. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time there was no elaborate praise and his tone of voice indicated that Mother merely had done the sort of competent job that one might expect from a competent woman. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s like waitressing is the one time when the competent mom I remember comes back and says hello. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I was sure he did, until someone later suggested he perhaps thought I was a competent gallery officer and that things were less likely to go wrong with me up there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor was Galileo, when he invented the hydraulic press, working on some new, practical problem that only a competent engineer could tackle. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Arguments over the location of novas and comets in the heavens thus continued even after 1610, after which date the traditional Ptolemaic system was abandoned by all competent participants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She did seem to take Lyra in a steady and competent way, and when she patted the child’s back, a gigantic burp emerged, which startled her little dæmon into becoming a turkey chick. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Patrolmen, many of them, were barely competent, appointed solely at the direction of ward bosses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Of course her age was none of his business as long as she was competent. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And then in a move that’s remarkably similar to old, competent mom, she retrieves some duct tape from a drawer and sits down next to the basket ready to do some reconstructive surgery. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Maybe I want to “be somebody,” as Jesse Jackson likes to say, somebody generous, competent, brave, and perhaps, above all, noticeable. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Regardless, I suppose it was mildly competent, what you two did. I thought you should know—it wasn’t a total loss.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z My grades were good, and I was a competent standardized test taker. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I know that Dell's not a very competent person. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Avery had established himself as a competent microbiologist, but had never imagined venturing into the new world of genes and chromosomes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I was at all times cheerful, energetic, helpful, and as competent as a new hire can be expected to be. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That way, if people were transferred or killed in combat, there were always competent airwomen ready to fly the open-cockpit Po-2s on their nightly harassment missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Clearly Holmes had not consulted an architect, at least not a competent one. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It was nice to be the competent one for a change. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z A competent soldier, but a man who works with an eye to the future, a slippery man, a careful soldier; he will build his reputation whatever the cost. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I thanked him, feeling surprised that Puli had not known, he who was so competent in his way. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I realize that this group needs more than just a competent leader. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It is possible that Father Zimmermann made you resign from the school because he thought it might interfere with your being a competent nun. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “I concede those points. “Yet her work at the weaving shed is competent. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A moody man, often competent, bad-tempered, wealthy, aspires to a place in Richmond society, frets and broods and fights with superiors. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did the officers act in what seemed to you a competent and professional manner?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to learn everything—to become as quietly competent as the tall girl. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z No competent astronomer defended the traditional Ptolemaic system once they had heard that Venus had a full set of phases; you had to be an ill-informed philosopher to do so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z True Belle was there, chuckling, competent, stitching by firelight, gardening and harvesting by day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure it was even possible to be a truly competent gallery officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably any one of the boys from the Palace Flophouse could have made the truck run, for they were all competent practical mechanics, but Gay was an inspired mechanic. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I told him I was not competent to answer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Be certain you reach Westeros before my sister falls and someone more competent takes her place.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “They say. But everybody knows the Government’s not that competent.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z That’s probably why her backing orchestra, assembled specifically for this tour, was competent but purposefully unremarkable. Music Review: Jackie Evancho at Alice Tully Hall - Review 2011-11-08T22:48:51Z “I will never be competent enough to do so, but at some point you have to try.” Sixteen Years After ‘The Road,’ Cormac McCarthy Is Publishing Two New Novels 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Brand, who is heroically proportioned and amazingly competent at everything, mostly arranges peace between Indians and settlers, while fighting frontier bad guys like "bad" Indians, bootleggers, gunrunners and Tories. Comprehensive history of Archie fills in the basics 2011-05-31T19:30:05Z In “On Writing” King also says one of the prerequisites for becoming a competent writer is to read all the time. Brandy Clark, the Raymond Carver of the Hot Country charts: “I live in a world where we have to tell a whole story in just three minutes” 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z It’s an odd orphan, not howlingly bad enough for ironic adoration at midnight screenings, but not competent enough for enshrinement in the canon. Ishtar at 30: is it really the worst movie ever made? 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z But, unfortunately, a lot of those films were forgettable, and the actors' performances in them were no more than competent. The Fantastic Five 2011-07-22T23:30:00Z Pauline Kael described him as a competent director "with a good serviceable technique for integrating staged movie action into documentary city locations". Peter Yates obituary 2011-01-10T18:39:17Z “I’m not very socially competent. I’m not great at talking to people. My wife tends to say, your volume is always at 1 or 11, never in between.” The Man Behind ‘A Man Called Ove,’ Sweden’s Latest Hit Novel 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Even before the phrase “the genius of the system” crept into academic jargon, historians depicted Fleming as nothing more than a competent functionary for a strong studio, MGM. Film: Pay Attention to the Man Behind the Camera 2010-02-27T03:00:00Z In April, she released a video duet of Rihanna’s “Stay” that lacked the original’s lush ache, but was certifiably competent. Rebecca Black doesn’t suck anymore 2013-06-11T14:28:00Z The decision to allow a parent to be the guardian was meant to use the family’s best judgment of what option the patient would exercise, were they competent and able to communicate their wishes. When life is a fate worse than death 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z Committed to being an involved parent, loving husband and competent professional, he stretches himself to transparency. Underneath the Lemon Tree: A Memoir of Depression and Recovery by Mark Rice-Oxley – review 2012-06-08T21:55:12Z “The Fourth Estate,” which chronicles 16 months in the life of The New York Times, is reasonably competent, but it’s also superficial and oblivious a little more often than one might like. Review: ‘The Fourth Estate’ Is a Competent but Incomplete Peek Inside The Times 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Judging by the competent but mediocre results Kavakos elicited from the NSO, conducting is not among his many musical gifts, at least not yet. Kavakos ends two-week NSO residency by taking up the baton 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Based on a ballad by Nikolai Tolstoy and not performed until two years after Rachmaninov's death, it's a perfectly competent piece of orchestral writing. Rachmaninov: Symphony No 3 etc - review 2011-07-28T22:00:04Z It’s filled with competent, accessible, not particularly adventurous semi-luxury at ambitious prices. Shopping at Band of Outsiders 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z “Pleasant, competent, thoroughly innocuous” were some of the phrases Charles Isherwood used in his Dec. 9, 2004 New York Times review. A Not-So-Merry Mix: Shakespeare, Bluegrass and Randy Quaid 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z They proved too competent to be agents of chaos but, just as things began to feel very comfortable, one of Wine’s bowls crashed onto the floor. At a ‘Dinner With Ghosts,’ Everything Is Art 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z Hell, go see it, or better yet watch it on pay-per-view: It's a competent horror flick with creepy wide-screen atmospherics, a decent cast and a thoroughly worn-out premise, better than 75 percent of the genre. Horror-meister John Carpenter's mediocre comeback 2011-07-05T22:20:00Z A team of misshapen outcasts and weirdos, built around maybe one competent player. The Game Winner for Disney+? Slapping Down the Sports Clichés. 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Any reasonably competent hospital drama can tell heartwarming and heartbreaking stories, and “New Amsterdam” is very competent. Review: ‘New Amsterdam’ Puts Patients First, Subtlety Last 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The established flutist Eugenia Zukerman offered a competent rendition of Ibert’s Flute Concerto, playing with flair in the third-movement cadenza. Music Review: At Alice Tully Hall, the Children?s Orchestra Society 2010-05-14T21:55:00Z The recording is competent at delegating focus to its performers, but it does not match up to my personal experience of sitting in the mezzanine. Broadway's 9/11 musical "Come From Away" lands on TV, offering kindness & laughter in dark times 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z He was competent and smart enough to provoke deep anxiety in the preternaturally implacable Mr. Fring. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 8 Recap: Showdown 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z These prints look less like the product of an inspired, personal vision than like the work of a competent commercial photographer. Moby Presents ‘Innocents,’ a Series of Photographs 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The very competent performances and the serviceable stage pictures never allow the potential poetry to achieve liftoff.” DC Theater Friday: ‘Three Sisters’ 2.0, plus a ‘Nasty Women’ rep 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z If your ex-marriage played out this way or if it’s otherwise your pattern, then please consider naming a competent therapist as your new counsel in chief. Carolyn Hax: Husband’s defense of son’s verbal abuse far from ‘wonderful’ 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Actually, though, they are bumbling, hysterical narcissists, barely competent to manage ordinary human interactions with their temporary son. Movie Review: ‘The Odd Life of Timothy Green,’ Starring Jennifer Garner 2012-08-14T22:10:05Z For Tolstoy, although associated with the broadest of canvases, was also a supremely competent miniaturist, as you'll be able to see from these two novellas. The Death of Ivan Ilyich/The Devil by Leo Tolstoy ? review 2011-07-28T09:00:00Z It’s all very competent and engaging, if somewhat hit-and-miss, until you get to the final story, a novella-length tale called “Jack and the Mad Dog” that unexpectedly explodes into the sublime. Short story collections dive in to this fall A few clients complimented my work and asked for me, so presumably I was competent. Work Advice: No, temp agencies do not exist to find you a job 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z It is probably not a good idea for you to date anyone seriously until you are a fully competent and confident parent. Ask Amy: Cousin says no to visit from across political spectrum 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Selina remains surrounded by a team of aides who are neither competent nor especially loyal. The New Season of “Veep” Was Not Supposed to Be About Donald Trump 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Amidst a sea of serenely competent performers, Cyrus provided the night’s actual entertainment. Miley Cyrus is the Perfect Host for the Video Music Awards 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z Periods are such a social taboo that in one study, women who dropped tampons out of their purses were perceived as less well liked and considered less competent. Period pain: why do so many women suffer from menstrual cramps in silence? 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Undercover Boss is competent TV, but it won't rehabilitate the image of the CEO. 2010-02-05T18:10:00Z The new Ghostbusters’ New York is partly the result of profiteering and exploitation, but it also represents the hard work of many competent and well-intentioned people. Ghosts from Our Past: Both Literally and Figuratively 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z I want to be a provider– a good one not just a competent one. Why I’m an out, bisexual dad 2014-04-10T11:50:00Z Charlotte Graham's Miranda, hitting an unwavering note of innocence, is competent. Posner-Teller 'Tempest' stuns but lacks faith in Shakespeare 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Of course, "A Christmas Carol" and "A Visit from St. Nicholas" are virtually required, and do indeed lead the book with competent art by Micah Farritor and Florence Cestac, respectively. Comics: 'Christmas Classics' festive, but not schmaltzy 2010-12-21T21:51:27Z In his review for The Times, A. O. Scott wrote that “Lone Survivor” is “a modest, competent, effective movie, concerned above all with doing the job of explaining how the job was done.” What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘grown-ish’ and ‘Atlanta’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z So do that — nothing else, just, clean, dressed, present, competent. Carolyn Hax: Divorce is a big step, but getting through it requires little ones 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Why are American mothers rarely portrayed as competent? Summer break is hardly a vacation for parents — but here’s how it can be 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z The competent careerist who cracks in The Savages. Laura Linney: 'America's very puritanical' 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z She quotes an email to a doctor in which she refers to “Mom,” but in this book her mother is invariably “Mother”; the formality suits the woman of Tillman’s memories — matter-of-fact, competent, orderly. ‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z No mother remembers everything, but given the importance of the visit, the performance of being a competent mother who remembers everything is what’s required. When is a mother good enough? 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z Following in the footsteps of this competent practitioner, Wilson eventually secured the patronage of the great and the good. Review: The Mystery of the British Landscape Master 2010-06-04T14:00:00Z It’s not simply about the decline of one very good athlete; it’s about us ordinary, striving, supposedly competent Joes failing, conclusively, right before our own eyes. Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z “It also allows children to see that their parents weren’t always so competent, that they made mistakes and did silly things,” she says. Perspective | Taking back the family dinner: How we created a mealtime renaissance 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z However, he adds, “Mr. Hailey is nothing if not a competent craftsman; his directions are as easy to follow as an A.A.A. map.” What Was on the Best-Seller List 50 Years Ago? 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Those two feelings are the hallmarks of any competent antihero drama, the mechanisms that force the audience to confront their own identification with a bad person. Trolled across concrete: why Mel Gibson's new film is a curious provocation 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Were it not for the "senior" in the front orchestra who Edna wanted to make sure was alive and mentally competent we might still be pondering the implications of this fascinating discovery. Dame Edna offers 'Glorious,' cheeky zaniness at Ahmanson 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z For all its flaws, “Fifty Shades of Grey” had a competent director, Sam Taylor-Johnson, who mostly wrung a watchable movie out of the material, partly by letting lightness and laughter in. Review: ‘Fifty Shades Darker,’ and Only Half as Watchable 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z Naird’s a competent, dedicated company man who only comes undone due to the zany incompetence all around him. Crash landing: Space Force is not the Trump satire we need right now 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z No competent proofreader would have allowed such an embarrassing farrago to go to press. Review | The story behind some of the world’s most awe-inspiring magic tricks 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z But he also has a gift for sunny hooks and catchy chord progressions, and if the need arises, he can turn out competent lyrics, often with a crisp and profane edge. Pop: Benny Blanco, Hit Maker for Rihanna and Maroon 5 2013-01-05T05:03:03Z This could offer insight into Beethoven’s lifelong interest in the piano trio, but although the group’s performance was competent, this was a curiously somnolent concert. Mendelssohn Piano Trio Studies Beethoven at American Art Museum’s Steinway Series Gray lost his job because, when he thought he wasn't being filmed, he suggested that women were less competent than men. Rewind TV: OK! TV; The British Academy Film Awards; Champions League Football; Dispatches: Lessons in Hate and Violence 2011-02-20T00:05:41Z The problem lies not in Clinton but in the society that is misogynistic and resentful of competent women succeeding in any field. How Hillary Clinton Ended the Clothing Conversation 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Off-the-charts charisma, collective exuberance, decently competent band, and yet at the center of it all, Styles was inscrutable. The Harry Styles Show (and Some Music) Comes to New York 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Their Prince Siegfrieds, also making debuts, were competent, gallant, bland and less than believable. Swans With Glittering Technique, Aching to Break Hearts 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Some of the people summoned to court will not be fluent in English, which is why the courts rely on competent interpreters to help them. Interpreters in courts: lost in translation 2012-08-05T22:53:41Z Created by No. 11 Productions and directed by Ryan Emmons, “Ye Bear” is a fantasia on colonial themes — messy, overstated, indifferently competent. Review: In ‘Ye Bear & Ye Cubb,’ Colonial America Takes the Stage 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z "These are all arguments for the competent courts" in the United States, Cosandey said. Experts see Polanski extradition in coming months 2010-04-23T20:06:00Z Mr. Huston’s performance, however competent, is no match compared with Heston’s heaving, oratorical gravitas, which gave even casual remarks the ring of Scripture declaimed from a mountaintop. Review: ‘Ben-Hur’ Is a Savage Update for a New Generation 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z This is, in small part, a cracked vision of Clinton’s image as decisive and competent. Review: Hillary Clinton's 'Broad City' Appearance Was a Win 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Miss Stevens, unmoored by the death of her actress mother and shakily performing the role of competent chaperone, is troubled, too. Learning Lines. And Crossing Them. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z Audiences overall are having trouble distinguishing the "great from the merely competent," he said. TV executive predicts 500-show bubble destined to deflate 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z In most pop culture, whether spy stories or romance novels, leading men are leading men because they’re masculine — strong, competent, dangerous, heroic. Without 'Twilight's' supernatural chill, can Stephenie Meyer still thrill readers? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z But Todbaum was the kind of con man whom Hollywood richly rewards, while Sandy plateaued as a competent rewrite man who never got his name on anything. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z My students," she says, "are so competent and sympathetic – and nice, because that's what the course requires. Lorrie Moore 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z But then, in a great twist, the real Dennis reappears, and the gang, made to choose between competent and empowering Cindy and cruel, useless Dennis, goes with their awful old pal. The Comforts of Watching “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” Eat Itself 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z A report by the LAdistrict attorney's office found that there was "no credible, competent or verifiable evidence that defendant Brown performed his community labour". Chris Brown could face jail over minor car accident 2013-05-28T11:08:46Z Throughout the first three episodes of the series, Camille is both competent journalist and wayward, easily overwhelmed daughter. Deep cuts: how Sharp Objects offers up a radically dark view of women 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z They actually seem very competent, much more competent than I was when I was their age. Samantha Bee on why she's on tour: "It is feeling treacherous out there to be a woman" 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z For the most part they turn in safe, competent work about incredibly volatile subjects. Another Once-in-a-Lifetime Chance at an Art Career 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z “I think what I love in particular is he is the only competent one in this entire mess,” she says. Dean Strang is Making a Murderer’s unlikely sex symbol 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Even though the withdrawal was popular, for some voters it undermined one of the key arguments for his presidency: that he would be boring and competent, unlike his predecessor. Perspective | The enduring moments of 2021, as told by Post reporters Victoria Myers, the editor-in-chief of The Interval , an online magazine exploring the role of women in theater, argues there are competent women working off-Broadway who are ready to step up when called upon. Why Rachel Chavkin is a rare thing on Broadway these days 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z As a result, the performances are similarly competent but somewhat colorless. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z Wealthy people are stereotyped as more competent than poor people. The perils of associating "white" with "privilege" in the classroom 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z The United States has proved neither competent nor cohesive. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z As we will learn, Risa was once known as Ichiko, a warmly competent nurse with a fiancé and a stable position caring for the grandmother in a friendly family. ‘A Girl Missing’ Review: In Two Minds 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z Other contemporary artists were experimenting with the same ideas and were using light and reflection in similar ways; so what made their paintings merely competent and Turner's transcendent? TV review: Turner's Thames; A Short History of Everything Else 2012-06-13T21:30:01Z Mr. Pastor’s two works on the program, though, are thoroughly competent but not very interesting. Review: Polish National Ballet Shows Its European Side at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z If that’s all that “Unforgettable” has to offer, it may turn into one of those crime shows that are competent enough but, well, forgettable, despite Ms. Montgomery’s charms. Television Review: ?Unforgettable? on CBS, With Poppy Montgomery - Review 2011-09-19T23:23:59Z It’s instructive to spend time in Merkel’s competent and humane company. ‘The Chancellor’ Portrays Angela Merkel as a Droll Source of Sanity in a Mad World 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z Women are competent, dull models of efficiency — like human versions of Staples. | 'Perfect Couples': Tribes Meet: The Female and Male 2011-01-20T00:32:24Z As accomplished, competent, or even virtuosic as these guests may have been, the imitation, even when purposefully not imitative, usually paled. The Glorious Inconsistency of the Grateful Dead 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z And I think it's more realistic to represent women having all these facets, than to say, OK, you're intelligent, so I've got to write you as all competent, which I think is an unfair ideal. Sophie Kinsella: 'You can be highly intelligent ? and also ditzy and klutzy' 2012-02-12T20:00:11Z Everyone soon came to the same conclusion: No. 4′s poor finishes were not the fault of the top-notch crew, so cohesive and competent. ‘A way to find the peace I lost’: This Maryland nonprofit is teaching people with disabilities how to sail boats 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z But I wouldn’t have predicted, from my prior impressions of him as a competent but not necessarily vibrant conductor, that he’d have the stuff to bring the NSO to heel. The NSO starts its regular season with a promising debut 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z He continued: "This year's awards were competent, perhaps, but created scant opportunity for the gods to favour them." Emmy Awards win bigger TV audience 2013-09-24T09:44:01Z To reach the island, cross Overy Cockle Strand: at low tide you can walk; at high tide competent swimmers can swim. 10 great walks on Britain's tiny islands 2019-05-11T04:00:00Z And what they do is they hire perfectly competent people and agencies that specialize in professional work. Milton Glaser’s Unseen Design for New York: ‘Together’ 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Funny people are seen as more confident and competent. Want to raise an empowered girl? Then let her be funny. 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z If you are that kind of child, it’s such a relief to grow up and learn to be socially competent! This Week in Fiction: Tessa Hadley 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z It’s a competent performance without a strong point of view. Theater Review: ‘User’s Guide To Hell Featuring Bernard Madoff’ by Project Y 2013-09-09T21:37:18Z The alt-right would be easy pickings for a more competent demagogue. A Political Movement, Defining Itself by What It Hates 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z There are two types of people in the world, according to Roberto: the competent electricians who keep the lights working, and the people who "shoulda been plumbers." "In Treatment" finale recap: Jesse calls it quits 2010-12-08T13:30:00Z Reflecting their hardly strictly professional status, the Wronglers proved thoroughly competent but unexceptional accompanists, as the fiddles shimmied over the fleet, loping blend of acoustic guitars, banjo, mandolin and bass. Jimmie Dale Gilmore takes another unusual turn 2011-06-26T14:59:00Z Their Confederate counterparts were even less competent; whatever brief successes they enjoyed owed more to European rulers’ desire to see America fail for strategic reasons than to any sympathy with the Southern cause. The whole family of man 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It’s more competent than good, but it’s well-versed in the workings of the human tear duct. On ‘The Good Doctor,’ the Anti-Antihero Is In 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z The first among these is tall, lithe, altruistic Nina, proud and competent beyond her years, who, at 17, acting in loco parentis, saved her three younger siblings from social-services intervention. Welcome to the Party of the Century. Leave Your Scruples at the Door. 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z Its dads—a single dad, a new dad, a stepdad, and a father of four–are, shocker of shockers, actually portrayed as competent. Dead Tree Alert: The Real Househusbands of TV 2013-08-15T14:04:31Z Post a modest picture, and people will think you’re more competent, more of a friend prospect, and more pretty. The real problem with sexy profile pics 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z The show was just competent, with no surprises or real feeling. Raf Simons: Feeling It 2010-06-27T01:08:00Z A reader, especially a fan of certain genres, begins a novel confident that there will be a competent resolution, that all will be well in the end. Furloughed employees are filling workless days with books — lots of them 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z There’s the reappearance of Candi Caruso, the seemingly competent job applicant who once again is called in for an interview and immediately dismissed because the position is being filled in-house. ‘Veep’ Season 5, Episode 6: The Affront 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z UK prime minister Theresa May, too, is often seen as cold and unrelatable while Margaret Thatcher was referred to as the “Iron Lady” – competent but cold. A psychologist explains why so many women oppose feminism 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z “Another thing is that you just get better at stuff. You become a more competent person, so that might also increase optimism.” Why some people are more optimistic than others — and why it matters 2020-08-14T04:00:00Z Instead, she was brilliantly unnerving and frequently very funny, her angular face a disarming mix of intelligence and wiliness that made her the perfect choice to play competent women in extreme situations. Anne Heche Onscreen: Wily and Funny but Also Unnerving 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “In the one I like most, the question was whether Hamlet was competent to stand trial for the murder of Polonius,” Justice Ginsburg said. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Presides Over Shylock’s Appeal 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z And for all its flaws, Rio centred on a neurotic male parrot who couldn't fly, shackled to a more competent female. Studio Ghibli: Leave the boys behind 2011-07-14T21:00:03Z In the violin’s conventional range, any competent concert artist is expected not only to sound pitches but also to control attack, dynamics and expression. For a Violinist, Success Means A New Low Point 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z And whatever bad behavior he exhibits - and there's a lot of it - he's always competent in his job. Tony Goldwyn rules as a cheating chief executive 2013-02-19T13:20:12Z I hired a competent exterminator and haven’t seen a mouse since. My Son and My Husband Are Fighting. Help! 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The Beethoven performance was perfectly competent, but the Turnage was utterly convincing, its roiling energy exploding off the stage, its awesome demands precisely realized. Alan Gilbert to Leave the New York Philharmonic 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z The exhibition, say its curators, will explode the myth that Lowry – who, in 1939, turned down an offer to become the Manchester Guardian's art critic – was a primitive, barely competent painter. Tate exhibition to pay homage to LS Lowry 2013-01-15T19:16:15Z While Heinlein’s fiction frequently imagined “the competent man,” a protagonist who could cook a gourmet meal or lead an army, L. Ron Hubbard actually seemed to bring him to life. Review | Let us praise the giants of science fiction: Campbell, Asimov and, yes, L. Ron Hubbard 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z David Stubbs Tom Fort, like a lot of competent journalists, has turned his interests into the kind of books people read in deckchairs. TV highlights 02/04/2013 2013-04-02T06:00:05Z Focused, competent evil is a very hard force to legislate against. America’s favorite handgun 2012-09-23T15:00:00Z Presumably we’ve all known people here and there, bright and competent ones, who struggle with pronunciations, or use malapropisms, or can’t spell to save their lives. Carolyn Hax: What’s in a name? A sour taste when it’s pronounced incorrectly. 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Maybe in his past he had a job he was at least competent at – that would certainly pass for a dark secret on Carpathia. Outcasts: series one, episode seven 2011-03-06T23:27:01Z With “Negrogothic, a Manifesto, the Aesthetics of M. Lamar,” the composer M. Lamar offers a bracing alternative to the dispiriting traffic in blandly competent art clogging the New York gallery system these days. M. Lamar: ‘Negrogothic, a Manifesto, the Aesthetics of M. Lamar’ 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z The playing of the Lille Orchestra is competent, but nothing more, and in the First in particular there is a regular need for something edgier and more obviously virtuosic. Walton: Symphonies 1 & 2 2010-08-05T21:15:00Z It was well above competent, but all too revivalist. ArtsBeat: SXSW 2014: Jungle Unmasked, Sort Of 2014-03-12T15:25:00Z It’s not clear what happened to your travel agent, but you were obviously not dealing with a competent one. Her husband has six weeks to live. Why won’t Princess refund their cruise? 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z It’s not funny enough to have anything clever to say about its gag, and it’s not exciting enough to be a competent horror movie. ‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey’ Review: Willy-Nilly Killy Old Bear 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Future machines like this one “will open up peaks in capability well beyond the reach of even the most competent human beings alive today,” he writes. Soon a Robot Will Be Writing This Headline 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Penn is more than competent in recreating the noise, gore and panic of war zones, but far less so in simulating the atmosphere of alienated romance common in 1960s European art films. Review: Aid Workers in Love and War in Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z These words apply, one thinks while reading Rucker and Leonnig’s more than competent book, to nearly every adviser and staffer now in Trump’s orbit. A Meticulous Account of Trump’s Tenure Reads Like a Comic Horror Story 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Still, the Kelpien rises to the task magnificently, proving himself a decisive and competent commander. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 5: Saru’s Moment 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Because no one is competent across the board. Why men have so much trouble making friends 2014-04-12T16:00:00Z Thatcher notes, “A little while ago I was admiring the competent construction of your spiders’ homes and lamenting my own, without any doubt of our kindred want for shelter.” In Barbara Kingsolver’s New Book, a Family Teeters on the Brink 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z It is just blandly competent network drama meant to offend no one and will inspire just as many people. American Gothic: Boston serial killer drama is a case of slash 'n' slow burn 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z Doing something every day that helps us feel more competent and in control of our lives is “an incredible lift to our emotions.” Conspiracy theories: Why some people are susceptible and how to protect yourself 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z Those who promote women and non-whites fall victim to negative stereotypes outlined in the study: Women are perceived as “less warm” while non-white are seen as “less competent.” Why It's Hard for Women to Promote Other Women 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z It’s square, competent, gentle, G-rated, dignified and, in the end, a bit distant. Bill Cosby, in Mark Whitaker’s New Biography 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z Yet Bay still thinks of himself as a competent director of actors, without any visible evidence. REVIEW: "Transformers: Age of Extinction" Is Bot-Sh*t Crazy 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Moore’s account is competent but dry, which is a plus when dealing with a subject as romanticized as World War II P.O.W. camps, especially in films like “The Great Escape” and “Stalag 17.” What Remains to Be Said About World War II? Plenty, These Authors Suggest 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Or maybe it seems so because what it’s surrounded by is better, more various, and sometimes just more competent—”second best” shows that would kick the tar out of 2003′s second best. Is There Too Much Great TV or Too Little? 2013-11-13T15:28:27Z Suppose the ratio of goodness and skill continues to rise — that each year far more decent and creatively competent people join the workforce than sociopaths. How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z But whether or not you believe Knightley was a competent actress at the beginning of her career, she is most definitely one now. My mentally ill sister 2012-06-02T00:00:00Z Despite a few awkward moments in the final pas de deux, Mr. Mikayelyan was generally a competent partner and an appropriately dashing Lucien, while Mr. Pierre made a nicely cartoonish villain. ‘Paquita’ at the National Theater in Munich 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z The problem here is not a lack of technical skill; in fact, there is a competent if unremarkable modern metal band lurking within the poppy bluster of Breaking Point and Leech. Bullet for My Valentine: Temper Temper – review 2013-02-07T22:15:02Z Obviously, kids are more competent than we allow them to be: Until modern times, the parents were 13 year olds! Why You Should Worry Less About Your Children 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z First, Sundance gave us "The Honorable Woman," and now here's an apparently competent one, who owes more to "Borgen" than "Commander in Chief." 'Madam Secretary' Tea Leoni's nomination is heartily confirmed 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z It is difficult to avoid suspecting that Ukraine's preparations for Euro 2012 neglected the hiring of a competent PR firm; all the attention paid to the country has been the kind nobody wants. TV highlights 18/06/2012 2012-06-17T18:59:01Z Every competent and caring parent takes on the responsibility of caring for and protecting their child. Perspective | Ask Amy: Eccentric in-law is invited to shut up 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z All they have done is to make many more mediocre writers just competent enough to get published. In search of a good read | John Crace 2010-03-17T13:30:00Z It was both a send-up of the genre and a competent example of its classic tropes, which was only possible thanks to Reynolds being simultaneously a traditionally handsome movie star and a gifted comic actor. How audiences can triumph in the battle for superhero movie supremacy 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Nevertheless, she insists, it’s not a stunt — unlike the recent petition by “Game of Thrones” fans asking producers to remake the show’s last season “with competent writers.” Perspective | For the deaf and hard of hearing, movies are often out of reach. That could change. 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Both the exhibition and the book trade on Ms. Leibovitz’s famous name, but the images they present could have been produced by just about any competent travel-magazine photographer. ‘Annie Leibovitz: Pilgrimage’ Reflects on Past Greats 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z I don't want to stay married to someone I don't see as a competent co-parent. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Avoidance of getting driver’s license may put marriage at crossroads 2018-07-08T04:00:00Z Although Mr. Wainwright had thought about a “Hadrian” opera well before creating “Prima Donna,” he waited, he said, until he felt competent to take on a big production. Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z “Dream House” is no exception, though this crackpot thriller from the usually competent Jim Sheridan leaves only one mystery unsolved: what on earth was he thinking? | 'Dream House': ?Dream House,? With Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz in - Review 2011-09-30T23:03:07Z It’s a sensible, affordable step that could lead to more consistently competent and uncompromised officiating. Better Referees: Why College Football Needs to Herd Its Own Zebras 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z And, unlike so many men in the movie, she is supremely competent: her jailhouse interview, for one, says more about her competency than any word of dialogue. He Said, She Said, We Said, You Said 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z One contraption is a heart made of bits of scaffolding, in which Bieber plays surprisingly competent acoustic guitar for "Favorite Girl" – the kind of emotionally explicit swoon-fodder in which teen idols have long specialised. Justin Bieber and Katy Perry live 2011-03-20T00:05:30Z He's the kind of guy who gives his wife careful instructions on which wines to buy for a dinner party; it's clear he thinks of her as less competent than he is. "Secretariat" Review: A Feel Good Movie to be Proud of 2010-10-07T20:05:00Z It's blandly competent but never interesting; a movie without a spark. 'Alex Cross' is a grim but silly thriller 2012-10-17T21:32:04Z Together, they’ve been the standouts of this season, one marked by competent if not always thrilling singing, neutered judging, increased star power, and a long-overdue confrontation with the realities of the music business. ArtsBeat: Live: 'American Idol' Finale 2011-05-24T21:57:58Z The British had to save face, and there were hostages to be rescued, so an army of retribution was sent in, this time commanded by competent soldiers, so that it achieved its aims soon enough. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan by William Dalrymple – review 2013-01-23T09:01:01Z But even as doofus dads and sad sacks were busily taking selfies and trying mightily to draw attention to themselves, an unlikely new hero has been caught, however unwilling, on camera: the competent white male. Keep your man-child antiheroes: The new crush-worthy guy is the quietly competent, grown-up man 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z That ballad, while competent enough, is emblematic of the score, by Jay Kuo. Review: ‘Allegiance,’ a Musical History Lesson About Interned Japanese-Americans 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z But honestly, I’m not all that competent compared to many people in Haines. “I don’t like it when people say God never gives you more than you can handle”: Small-town obit writer Heather Lende knows better 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z But they don’t make as many great or even competent movies as they did. J. Hoberman Talks About Village Voice and Film Culture 2012-01-22T03:13:03Z Here, too, Russian intelligence officers are presented as disciplined, highly competent and coldblooded. Hope Davis Stars in ‘Allegiance’ on NBC 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The leap from being a beginner in the kitchen to feeling competent can be a daunting one, but thankfully there are a number of simple steps that you can take to get there. 75 simple and cheap ways to improve your cooking this year 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z New research has confirmed what many have suspected for a long time: moms are less likely to be hired for jobs, perceived as competent, or be paid as much as equally qualified male colleagues. What's Wrong with the Mommy Track? 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Having worked with hundreds of children over the years, Ms. Dixon was almost certainly a more competent caregiver than I, a first-time parent, not yet two years in. A Jamaica Trip With the Ultimate Travel Amenity: A Nanny 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z In her first job, Jiyoung and her female colleagues are passed over for choice assignments that are given to less competent but higher paid men. The Heroine of This Korean Best Seller Is Extremely Ordinary. That’s the Point. 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z A competent and occasionally compelling tale of a Manhattan love triangle, "Seducing Charlie Barker" nonetheless suffers from a case of Haven't-I-Seen-This-Movie-Before-itis. Haven't we seen 'Seducing Charlie Barker' before? 2011-12-01T21:52:03Z Mr. Levine is an American generalist, but that hardly means he’s just generally competent. A Maestro?s Four-Decade Evolution 2010-12-31T15:49:56Z Both sound thoroughly competent at the mike, even though there's little freshness or musical individuality at work. Holiday music: Seth MacFarlane, Downton Abbey, Idina Menzel, more 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The question rippling underneath this project perhaps is whether an artist’s childhood drawings are better — more skilled, competent or knowing — than drawings by the rest of us, who didn’t become artists. Marco Rios: ‘"S” Is for Sincere, Formerly Formally “F” Is for Fake’ 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Radnor's script is competent and mildly amusing -- even if the whole subplot about the lost black kid stretches credibility to the breaking point -- and I think he's a promising director. "Happythankyoumoreplease": "How I Met Your Mother" star's likable film debut 2011-03-04T18:26:00Z While the singing in the production is in some cases more competent than soaring, the six-person band — led by musical director Jake Null and mostly hidden behind the set’s New York–skyline backdrop — sounds fine. ‘Avenue Q’ remains true: Still off-color and impolitic 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z She was allegedly running a scam, and that scam required her to be seen as authoritative, competent and visionary, in a world with a historically limited definition of what “authoritative and visionary” looked like. Perspective | Elizabeth Holmes’s weird, possibly fake baritone is actually her least baffling quality 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z They've guided the extremely competent lead actors to portray their righteousness, confusion and disappointment with subtlety as well as passion. Review: 'Mother in Another Language' shows with humor how cultures and mothers-in-law collide 2011-02-24T20:41:17Z At the very least, a competent Lorraine Kelly impersonator. Blind date: ‘Awkward moment? The temperature gun check’ 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z You have proven — to yourself and the world you live in — that you are competent, self-sufficient, independent, and have earned the esteem of everyone that knows you. Greetings from Tatooine, Arizona 2019-06-15T04:00:00Z Jane, of course, proves to be breezily competent, which is almost an affront to Gray, and is certainly one to India. Television Review: ?Jane by Design? on ABC Family ? Review 2012-01-03T00:20:55Z District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez wrote that there are many pages of competent evidence supporting prosecution claims that the producer killed his wife during a family vacation in Mexico last year. Judge upholds TV producer's extradition to Mexico 2011-12-22T02:34:12Z In this case, that task happens to fall to one of the universe's most competent women. How the conscientious casting of women in "The Sandman" defies the gender-swapping trope 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z “I am a competent technician,” Mr. Goines wrote in “Art in the Making: Essays by Artists About What They Do,” published last year by Fisher Press and the John Stevens Shop. David Lance Goines, Who Shaped the Counterculture Aesthetic, Dies at 77 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z The rest of her follow-up, “No Gravity,” a competent, sometimes exciting pop album, collects other attempts: in essence, a series of portraits drawn by people with radically different styles. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-09-19T22:48:00Z As dances go, “Orange” is competent, but not much more. Review: Ballet NY Presents a Premiere, Medhi Barati’s ‘What Ever’ 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z By and large, all parties seem reasonable and competent. Review: Is the Indian Point Nuclear Plant Safe? Nobody Knows 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Two or three days you can do pretty much anything you want, but beyond three days you really need supervision, medical supervision that's competent. Penn Jillette does the math: America's next big magic star will be a woman 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z As a fitness instructor charged to improve the fortunes of a useless rugby team, Titmuss is breathless, a little awkward in movement, but competent enough in her first role as an actor. En Route; Fair Trade; Shakespeare: The Man from Stratford; Up 'N' Under; Odyssey; Poland 3 Iran 2; Beautiful Burnout 2010-08-07T23:05:00Z The students were enthusiastic and, as he noted, technically very competent. Going Baroque in China 2010-10-27T13:19:00Z He cited "pages upon pages of competent evidence demonstrating that the fugitive committed the offense for which extradition was sought, namely the aggravated homicide of the victim." Judge upholds TV producer's extradition to Mexico 2011-12-22T02:34:12Z But, according to the competing perspective, the ceremony was progressive, respectable, and competent. The Awkward Politics of the Oscars 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z She’s always been a mother “who passes for competent but is in truth neglectful” to both Rachel and her brother, Rowan. In This Novel, a Mother Risks Everything for a Second Chance 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z New Directors, for good and ill, can seem like a catalog of trending cinematic influences, an anthology of competent work in the manner of various masters. New Directors/New Films Festival Gives Spotlight to Youth 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z Even a competent gangster might develop an inferiority complex around Sal, who effortlessly conveys a toe-curling menace, even — or especially — when chortling amiably at his own jokes. 'Unorganized Crime' a quirky mob-family melodrama 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z At their best, those movies are competent rather than groundbreaking — admirable in their sturdy commitment to filmmaking craft even as their stories stubbornly cling to convention. ‘The Little Things’ Review: Good Old-Fashioned Police Work 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Recently, the best example of a show that showed unusual regenerative properties was Homeland, which returned from a disastrous—though campily fun, from a certain viewpoint—third season to something far more competent. Review: 'Orange is the New Black' Rebounds With a Majestic Fourth Season 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z People who seek advice are likely to be thought of as more competent, at least by the people they’re asking. Want To Look Competent? Ask For Advice 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z If I call to mind a heavily competent woman like, say, Hillary Clinton, I don’t think of a lot of makeup. Skin Deep: Makeup Makes Women Appear More Competent: Study 2011-10-12T22:18:30Z Whereas as a man you are assumed competent until proven otherwise. Meet the new hotshots of American film-making 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Despite the characters’ ambivalence about motherhood, Whittall has written a competent and highly readable testament to the strength of the maternal bond, even after years apart. New Fiction About Family Members Gone Missing 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z Farrell is confident and competent regardless of the situation; there never seems to be any real threat of him coming out alive. Review: New `Total Recall' slicker but soulless 2012-08-02T17:46:04Z It’s a remarkable story of survival, but you wish Jolie’s competent but bland movie weren’t so, well, unremarkable. Here are the best (and worst) movies opening this weekend 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z Both have had a lot of success and are considered to be unusually competent at what they do. A New Movie About Female Power Might Explain the Election 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “Even though I had a profound disability, I was actually pretty competent.” Defying odds, quadriplegic woman in Virginia has twins 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z With his laid-back manner, longish hair and beard, and fondness for words like “bodacious,” he reminds me of a woodsy, competent Jeffrey “the Dude” Lebowski. A wilderness survival course leaves a novice camper hungry, cold and triumphant 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z People are right to condemn me but are not competent to judge me. Claude Lanzmann returns to the Holocaust 2013-05-14T17:29:00Z These early works were competent, but gave sign of exceptional promise. Elliott Carter 2012-11-06T03:26:13Z A competent figure painter — not quite Mr. Pearlstein or Mr. Freud — he entered the field when painting was simultaneously declared dead and resurrected by the market. | Long Island: A Review of ‘Eric Fischl: Beach Life,’ in East Hampton 2012-09-22T05:19:13Z “Remake Game of Thrones season eight with competent writers” demands a petition posted to Change.org, following this past weekend’s episode, The Bells, one of the series’ most polarizing episodes to date. More than 400,000 sign petition for Game of Thrones season eight remake 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Hie thee to the Park Avenue Armory, where this competent but immaculately unwrenching production of Shakespeare’s harrowing tragedy is providing more than three hours of placid traffic on the stage. | 'King Lear' : The Old, Inexorable Story of a King?s Disintegration 2011-07-17T21:53:11Z Director Gary Shore executes the competent script by Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless with admirable dispatch and a strong visual sense. 'Dracula Untold' proves vampire allure is hard to resist 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z But sometimes the opposites just cancel each other out, and we’re left in a bland middle zone of competent inconsequentiality, an artful execution of not much. Review: ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ Tracks an Empty-Nester’s Sexual Awakening 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Whether you want modern-day royalty, supernatural powers or just supernaturally competent women running the show, here are four new romances that will sweep you away. Four Delicious New Romance Novels 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z According to a child psychologist cited in a recent article in The Atlantic, “little boys’ imaginary friends are frequently characters who are more competent than they are, such as superheroes or beings with powers.” ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Review: The Third Reich Wasn’t All Fun and Games 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z She seems, if anything, an extremely smart, cool and self-possessed individual; competent bordering on the formidable. 'Maybe I'll end up living in Norway, making cakes' 2010-04-02T12:17:00Z We also knew that some women who breastfeed are arguably less than competent. Motherlode: Breast-Feeding News Roundup 2011-03-31T20:42:31Z We believed Vice President Meyer as a character because we’ve been conditioned by centuries of actual politics to view vice presidents, even the competent ones, as jokes. ‘Veep,’ ‘Silicon Valley’ and the Intrusion of Real-Life Events 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z His Cage only starts to become competent, and redeemable, thanks to rigorous instruction from Blunt's Vrataski, the film's real warrior icon. Edge of Tomorrow review – Tom Cruise in born again blockbuster 2014-06-01T04:00:00Z Yet Mann's competent five-piece band are notably short on visceral thrills as they plod through the lethargic grooves of forgettable, country-tinged new workouts such as Slip and Roll and Soon Enough. Aimee Mann 2013-01-29T15:17:42Z Which of us, really, feels competent to choose between 156 varieties of pension plan? Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z It is a modest, competent, effective movie, concerned above all with doing the job of explaining how the job was done. Movie Review: Mark Wahlberg Stars in ‘Lone Survivor’ by Peter Berg 2013-12-24T21:55:24Z We need very competent and devoted and skilled mountaineers. Sherpas inexplicably blamed for mounting Everest accidents 2013-05-31T16:52:00Z And, at the outset, the orchestra and its chief conductor, Sir Andrew Davis, seemed content to be the smoothly competent model of a modern jet-setting ensemble. Review | Melbourne Orchestra brings sense of several places to Kennedy Center 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Advancement in most white-collar jobs is less about actual competence than about convincing people in power that you’re competent, even if you’re not. ‘Tracy Flick Can’t Win’ Catches Up With a Hard-Luck High Achiever 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z In real life, of course, not every conflict is a case study in engineering, but many readers still enjoy spending time with the character once widely — and chauvinistically — described as “the competent man.” Alone on a Spaceship, Trying to Save the World 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z Capable and competent, what she largely lacks is confidence. Melissa McCarthy-Rose Byrne chemistry is the secret formula in 'Spy' 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z In all, though, it was at least a fun, nicely paced, competent Emmycast–sort of the Modern Family of awards shows. The Emmys’ Balancing Act: Predictable, Except When Not 2012-09-24T12:00:40Z A natively cheerful demeanor isn’t a requirement for being a competent healer. Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z By those standards, Mr. O’Donoghue’s more than competent, especially on “If You Ever Come Back” and “This = Love.” Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-01-17T22:03:49Z A few clinkers aside, most of the performances were more than competent, if somewhat studied. Variety and Verve at Make Music New York 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z “Teenagers should be competent at inspecting their bodies for an embedded tick.” Motherlode Blog: Preparing Children and Teens for a Tough Tick Season 2012-04-09T16:39:04Z More importantly, TroutHunter offers one of the most seasoned and competent guide staffs I’ve encountered over many years of fly-fishing travel. A pilgrimage to one of the most popular American trout streams 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z But errors are inevitable: even a competent and well-trained pilot will, eventually, glance at a lever in the “On” position and think that it is actually “Off.” Be Careful! Your Mind Makes Accidents Inevitable 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z “It’s competent, very nice decorative painting, but it just doesn’t interest me.” Alex Katz at 88: Portrait of the artist unable to slow down 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Bearded, smelly, often mistaken for a street person, he’s a schizoid psychopath who, while lethally competent with 21st-century weaponry, imagines himself to be a resident of Mannahatta when it was inhabited by the Lenape. Books of The Times: ‘Gun Machine,’ by Warren Ellis 2013-01-02T21:35:39Z Find out which guys are competent and get the hell out the way.” My John DeLorean Story 2011-10-21T17:24:21Z How do you answer for a competent, experienced woman losing the White House to a delusional sexual predator? What I will tell my daughters about Hillary Clinton’s loss and Donald Trump’s victory 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “The most thoroughly competent person,” says Dr. Gary Namie of the Workplace Bullying Institute. Dharun Ravi says he’s sorry 2012-05-30T15:30:00Z You get somebody like a Ron DeSantis in office or a more competent Trump, and I think you put people in power who can control those decisions and they can affect culture in that way. Jordan Klepper: GOP sees "Hungary as a conservative wonderland" 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z Yet wouldn't a competent cook be able to breeze through making a double portion of cookie dough with conventional tools? Why I love my unitaskers (with apologies to Alton Brown) 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z The crazy part of it is that we are breeding professional, competent, homogenised writers who will go on to teach writing that is professional, competent and homogenised. Jeanette Winterson: teaching creative writing 2012-05-18T21:50:01Z And wouldn't Richmond be better off with someone more competent at the helm? The many betrayals of "Ted Lasso" 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z And the visual effects are competent, particularly in the computer graphics-illustrated Covenant home world filled with alien creatures that either look like large sea bugs or crosses between bipeds and giraffes. Paramount unmasks "Halo" for a perfect launch to the long-awaited video game adaptation 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z China produced a highly competent state, staffed by first-rate civil servants chosen by written examinations and capable of monitoring the affairs of a vast empire. The end of harmony 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z The Daily Telegraph's echoed those sentiments, saying that Hope "offers a thoroughly competent rather than an inspired performance". Hope 'competent' in Webber's Oz 2011-03-02T11:09:33Z In colonial times, interest in Tanzanian musicians among the country’s British rulers was generally limited to finding a few competent at playing fox trots for ballroom dances. Cultured Traveler: Where Tanzania Taps Its Feet 2014-02-18T17:38:07Z She also wants to prove that she is just as competent as her two older sisters. Family’s wartime story inspires ‘A Tiny Piece of Sky’ 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z A strident perfectionist and curator of her art, Mitchell has in the past been dismissive of her earliest music, calling it the work of a “competent mimic” and even “a squeaky girl on helium.” Remarkable Records of Joni Mitchell’s Changes 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z She merely had to look knowledgeable, dignified and competent, which she did. Democratic debate night 2: Kamala Harris knew she was on TV and it paid off 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z As for “Sophia’s Forest,” the five scenes presented here, involving a woman’s memories of a tangled and tragic immigrant childhood, were musically competent but dramatically stagnant. Review | Small opera plus big ideas make, this weekend, for a misfit 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The show seemed to evolve between the first and second season — your character grew more competent and the show became more of an ensemble piece. ArtsBeat: Amy Poehler on the Return (Finally) of 'Parks and Recreation' 2011-01-20T18:55:28Z Solange and Animal Collective are the only disappointments: both play competent sets, but their glimmering songs somehow don't sparkle here. Field Day – review 2013-05-26T16:41:14Z Her motivations are, to be fair, scattered – but that scatteredness, even as she still performs the duties of competent senior center employee and mother, feels more real to the mundanity of self-discovery than the drama. Why Mrs Fletcher is the most underrated show on TV right now 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z Everyone else, though played by reasonably competent actors, is bland and forgettable. "Terminator: Dark Fate" works 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z "Serviceable" was how the Independent's Paul Taylor described Hope, while the Telegraph's Spencer thought her merely "competent". What to say about ? The Wizard of Oz 2011-03-02T17:48:57Z In Bel, she has created something still too rare on television - a sympathetic, competent woman in a position of power. BBC drama 'The Hour' back to make the 1950s sexy 2012-11-28T18:16:04Z The Swiss foundations protested at the time that the ailing doctor — who was in the care of his private secretary and assistant — was not competent to make the decision. Swiss Open Inquiry Into Collection That Was Transferred to Unicef 2013-12-04T22:54:15Z I guess I did, but I didn’t really ever feel like a competent bass player. Kim Gordon, Ex-Sonic Youth, Never Trained for This Career 2013-09-06T15:39:47Z A neighbor who got into vegetable gardening to save money was dismayed that initially the money he and his wife spent was more than they saved on food, even though they were very competent gardeners. Perspective | A growing economy: Balancing the books of your backyard investment 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Stein cites one study of the workplace experiences of transgender men in which two-thirds reported that they were perceived as more competent and were given more recognition, including higher salaries. ‘Unbound’ Shows Transgender Men Ripping Up Old Scripts 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z Middle-aged, a little worn and competent within the limits of a job that doesn’t require much critical thinking, Sandra agrees to search Becky and her belongings. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Compliance,’ Directed by Craig Zobel 2012-08-17T15:23:01Z Last night, though, Gaga was sedate and competent. Lady Gaga's Performance at the Oscars Could Redefine Her Career 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z But I recognize that in spite of all it has going for it, namely the interesting contestants and legitimately competent singing, Sunday Best isn't likely to extend its reach. Why You Aren't Watching BET's 'Sunday Best' 2010-05-14T00:09:00Z The image conveniently summed up this dance: competent, sentimental and fairly bland. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z But Mr. Huggins, by all evidence a perfectly competent choreographer, is not that someone. Dance Review: Ailey Continues to Build on Its Proud Tradition 2010-12-05T23:11:00Z We may think of ourselves as responsible and competent. I’m stuck in my career 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z I am able to sit at an interview and make myself seem very competent and confidently make it known that I know my stuff, that I am the right person to do the job. The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z There was a logic to it – when I became competent, the world began to reward me, and when I became better than that, it continued to reward me. Philipp Meyer: 'We don't have a good context for where we come from as Americans' 2013-07-21T08:30:00Z Both leads are competent and likeable and Riggen gives the movie a warm glow, all softly lit inviting interiors and prettily framed exteriors. Girl in Progress? Eva Mendes Spins Her Wheels 2012-05-10T10:45:06Z Ryan Adams’s performance Monday at the 9:30 Club was a competent exercise in tuneful rock music and unfailingly offbeat humor. Ryan Adams at 9:30 Club: Performer and his fans find a comfort zone in D.C. show The researcher played by Alison Pill is confused, terrified and barely competent. The Newsroom: not so great, not so wise 2012-07-04T18:33:49Z A merely competent performance is a failure, too -- and a pathetically minor one at that. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z Your promise was not a contract between two competent parties. I’m in love with a psychotic 2012-07-06T00:00:00Z As long as he is competent to manage his own life, he is free to mismanage it, too. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Your son is 29. Only he can get himself into therapy at this point. 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z These actions demanded discipline and commitment, but you can see the same impulse here, as Lozano learned to draw like a conventional, competent artist — then unlearned everything to become a great one. 5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Now, there may be people who can witness a halfway competent dramatic representation of the death of children from cancer without choking up. The Fault in our Stars review – manipulative and crass 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z A good farmer is one who brings competent knowledge, work-wisdom, and a locally adapted agrarian culture to a particular farm that has been lovingly studied and learned over a number of years. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z I am a competent, capable woman who does not need a man to save her. Modern Love: Looking for Signs That It?s Meant to Be 2012-04-13T00:00:34Z A non-retail employer may be willing to overlook her past mistakes in handling cash if she is otherwise honest, competent and reliable — and shows she’s determined to live up to those standards. Work Advice: Helping a daughter overcome being fired for letting a customer steal 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z In Anne Allgood's highly competent hands, this unsympathetic woman finally undergoes the character change the audience longs to see. Review: 'Getting Near to Baby' deals compassionately with a family's loss 2010-03-23T21:15:00Z I had a master’s degree; I was a competent driver. 2010-01-29T21:20:00Z It’s quite something to see this powerful, essentially competent team of Lannisters and Tyrells, with crowds of armies behind them, thrown off kilter by the High Sparrow, who has captured the imagination of the young. “Game of Thrones”: Moving Right Along 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z But it was also, if not more so, about seeing Riker develop beyond just a competent first officer. ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1, Episode 5: Saru’s Moment 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z In other words, a CTA or CTC designation means agents are trained, but not necessarily competent. Perspective | How to tell if you have a qualified travel agent 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z The album is filled with competent, if somewhat generic, pop tracks produced by a team of top-tier producers including Pharrell Williams and Dr. Luke. 8 Life Lessons We Learned from Listening to the New Miley Cyrus Album 2013-10-01T19:51:27Z The library’s board of directors, deciding it wanted a man to run the place, fired the competent woman then in charge, and replaced her with Lummis. The Library Fire That Ignited an Author’s Imagination 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Not true, countered Hopper, with supporting documents from two doctors who determined that he was fully competent. 2010-02-11T18:39:00Z But what began as a project of masks and codes became something much more conventional: a touring rock band with a competent debut record, released in 2011. Wu Lyf frontman Ellery Roberts quits 2012-11-26T11:13:25Z But it promises a competent, zinger-based, dark-ish comedy with some kind of character grounding: a flawed guy trying to keep it together. TV Tonight: Anger Management 2012-06-28T11:43:48Z These are competent slices of life about death, jealousy and unhappiness. ‘Half as Happy’: Love, grief and loss on the domestic front 2013-06-12T22:38:10Z That's why she's so good at it, and why she may well be more competent at being weird than we are at watching her be weird. Susan Boyle's awkward, cringe-inducing stardom 2010-12-01T16:02:00Z We were a complete wreck, and they were confident, compassionate and very competent. Rant & Rave: Will she rave about this Prom invitation? 2011-04-06T22:32:04Z In a “competent” female body, the cervix stays long and closed until full term, and then dilates. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z Spring Breakers is Korine's most technically competent and fluent movie; probably his most commercial, his funniest, perhaps even his least irritating. Spring Breakers – review 2013-04-04T15:58:00Z He raised his children to be painters, and there are works on view in both the painting and drawing exhibitions that show his son Domenico to be a competent if not always inspired artist. Review | Tintoretto was brilliant and ambitious. This new exhibition shows he was also sublimely weird. 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z She is a good interviewer and a competent journalist, one who is able to maneuver past the inflated egos and pompous grandstanding of all the candidates, not just Trump. Donald Trump and Megyn Kelly face off: Tonight’s Fox News debate puts the notorious rivals face-to-face after a 7-month standoff 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z It turns out that this pose not only best shows off what they are wearing, but also might send reassuring signals to their brains that they are capable and competent. Studied: The Right Stance Can Be Reassuring — Studied 2013-05-03T23:12:24Z With passion and precision, a reporter describes her fight for competent care after she developed inflammatory bowel disease. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z That competent, doofusy facade is costing him immensely, and his future -- as in, whether or not to keep on living -- is very much shrouded in doubt. "It's Kind of a Funny Story": Zach Galifianakis' dramatic breakthrough 2010-10-09T14:20:00Z “Sampled supplements,” says the report, “were inconsistent with FDA guidance on competent and reliable scientific evidence.” Your vitamins are lying to you: Why Big Herba is out of control 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z One of the study’s experiments showed that part of why women are lied to more often is that they’re perceived as being less competent but more warm than men in negotiations. Study: Women More Likely to Be Lied to in Negotiations Than Men 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z After we voice these fears, I fall asleep awash with shame, fantasizing that I’ll awake cured, competent to practice law, capable of helping Dunia with her plans and aspirations. She Was My World, but We Couldn’t Marry 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z One thing is certain: "Jurassic World" offered a seemingly competent female lead. 'Jurassic World' battles sexism claims, in heels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Studies have suggested that women with vocal fry are often judged as less competent, less intelligent and less qualified than those without. The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z The hugely popular fantasy epic finished its eight-season run in May, but many fans were left disappointed, signing an online petition calling for a remake of the last episodes with “competent writers”. Game Of Thrones star denies responsibility for coffee cup blunder 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z The performances in “The Picture Box” are warm and more than competent, but the actors are working with very thin if well-meaning material. | 'The Picture Box': ?The Picture Box? by Cate Ryan at Beckett Theater - Review 2012-01-17T22:41:30Z Carolla may indeed believe that women are less competent in the field of humor than he is. Adam Carolla, unfunny comedian, thinks women aren’t funny 2012-06-20T15:30:00Z And while it may be a platitudinous album, it’s a competent one. Critic’s Notebook: New Country Albums From Gary Allan and Randy Houser 2013-01-27T23:05:49Z Another rave to the team at Swedish Hospital, who were reassuring, kind and competent. Rant&Rave: 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z It’s just a baffling part of the human psyche that I don’t feel competent in trying to unravel. How Reddit’s Ellen Pao survived one of ‘the largest trolling attacks in history’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z I want my daughters to learn to cook, but more than that I want them to learn to be compassionate, competent young women. Our family’s week on a food stamp budget 2013-02-01T20:06:00Z The coroner is mischievous and brimming with wit and sarcasm, most of it directed toward hapless and barely competent Communist apparatchiks. Dark Mysteries, Written From a Bright Beach 2010-09-06T18:23:00Z If kids in elementary school and middle school – if they don’t become at least competent readers, how are they going to get through high school? World's best-selling author says that 'publishing' and 'innovation' belong in the same sentence 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Ms. Semionova is tall, handsome, elegant and technically competent in every way. Dance Review: Ballet?s Home Away From Home for International Stars in New York 2011-05-24T22:13:23Z Joan doesn’t need to work, but with two episodes left in the whole series, it’s disheartening, if not infuriating, to see someone as competent and ambitious as Joan lose the battle against workplace sexism. 'Mad Men' Recap: 'Lost Horizon' 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z In the Sunday Telegraph, Anne Chisholm was, too, lukewarm in her response to "this competent, if slightly two-dimensional, ". Book reviews roundup: What the critics thought of: Mohsin Hamid's How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, Julian Barnes's Levels of Life and Lorna Gibb's West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West 2013-04-05T15:03:01Z However competent they are at television, they do a mediocre job of presenting the excitement of live theater — and especially its excellence. Unscripted or Not, the Tonys Were Mostly Predictable 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z In any case, our history is in competent hands. Critic’s Notebook: New Sept. 11 Documentaries on Cable 2012-09-06T22:22:29Z But then I think back to Lori Vallow, and the judge ruling that she wasn't competent at one point, but then she finally was competent. Giving a voice to the Delphi murders victims and families: "It never goes away, that pain" 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Ms. Touchet, though a solid, competent technician, was emotionally lifeless in her solo to the title track. Dance Review: Cincinnati Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2014-05-08T20:58:00Z The most popular shows on TV — “NCIS,” “CSI,” “Two and Half Men”— are all series in which every episode hits the same predictable beats, in a supremely professional, competent and enjoyable manner. “Anger Management”: Charlie Sheen’s crass comeback 2012-06-26T15:15:00Z This was early in Jimmy Carter’s presidency, when he was seen as supremely competent in every way. Al Franken: My 10 favorite ‘Saturday Night Live’ political sketches 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z Within minutes of arriving, I’m in a tete-a-tete with Pauline, trying to persuade her that I’m a competent diver despite the seven years that have passed since my last scuba experience. In the Bahamas, Cat Island offers spectacular diving and solitude for miles 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Fans of the show savored “House of Cards” because of its unhinged portrayal of backstage politics, but the show was hardly ever politically relevant or even competent — not five years ago and certainly not now. Review | What’s left to say about the end of ‘House of Cards,’ besides good riddance? 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z His son and heir, Jae-yong, is widely regarded, Cain writes, as “more entitled than he was competent.” Samsung: The Tech Monster That Conquered the World 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z He is still an eminently competent director of big, traditional Hollywood entertainment. Can Mel Gibson ever be rehabilitated? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z Vocal standards are competent rather than exceptional this time round, with the distinguished and immensely important exception of Mihoko Kinoshita's compelling Butterfly, who rises fearlessly to the challenges of the second half of the drama. Madam Butterfly ? review 2011-02-25T19:16:56Z Why demand they give birth to babies they aren't financially, physically, or mentally competent to care for? Why mothers defend Roe v. Wade: Abortion is a fact of life for parents, too 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In another, baseball pitchers who evinced more submissive postures were perceived by competitors to be less competent. Amy Cuddy Takes a Stand 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Not all of the music is by P. D. Q.; some is by composers actually competent, like Beethoven. Peter Schickele Brings P.D.Q Bach Back to the Stage 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z All this is resolved in a teary, mercifully short set of speeches at the end, affirming the importance of family love and the need for even highly competent canine parents to recognize their children’s independence. Movie Review: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’ Reboots the Time Machine 2014-03-06T13:00:01Z In the mid-1950s he moved to California and became an habitue of the Riverside Rancho, one of Los Angeles' leading country music nightspots, where he earned a reputation as a competent band musician. Hank Cochran obituary 2010-07-21T17:43:00Z Well, I certainly experienced them as highly competent and quite impressive people in the domestic sphere, but often slightly helpless outside of our home, navigating the supermarket and the deli counter . Masha and Keith Gessen on Writing About Russia 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z Roman Two was a competent adventurer by his teenage years — “I’m just a genetic enhancement of you, Dad,” he once teased — but what’s more interesting are the ways that he and his father grew apart. His Son Hiked Into the Costa Rican Jungle, and Never Came Out. What Happened? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Like Frank Underwood in “House of Cards,” Pius also suffers from a lack of worthy, competent antagonists as he steamrollers his opposition. Review: ‘The Young Pope’ Is Beautiful and Ridiculous 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z In the initial drafts, he’s a much more competent character, much more purposeful. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: A Sequel to ‘The War of the Worlds’ 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z She learned that voters will support a male candidate they don’t like if they think he is competent, but women must be both competent and “likable.” This Democrat thinks his opponent has an advantage because she’s a woman. Is he right? 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z In my case, K-dramas became the perfect antidote against the perpetual stereotypes of Asians perennially competent but never quite as warm or likable. K-dramas cured my prejudice against Asian men 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z Six out of 10 say they find tech “fascinating,” according to the report, and many of those may actually be more competent using tech than their younger counterparts. The Glamorous Grandmas of Instagram 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Initially, she visited jails to assess whether criminal defendants were competent to stand trial. Where the Sick Get Sicker and the Sane Are Driven Mad: Behind Bars 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z And there’s something undeniably of-the-moment in watching five credible, competent women stride off into an unknown future, with little more than their wits and a few weapons between them and almost certain destruction. Review | Natalie Portman stars in the enigmatic, ultimately unsatisfying ‘Annihilation’ 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z This is especially true with regard to the highly varied performances, which range from excellent to just barely competent, a common situation in Australian TV. Watch List: ‘The Straits,’ an Australian Series at Hulu.com 2012-12-14T22:58:41Z In the sheer giddiness he displays while pushing people's buttons, he's like a socially competent cousin of Andy Kaufman's "Man From Hollywood" character. Bill Maher's despicable brilliance 2011-01-13T15:35:00Z But it also portrays him as a competent parent—if anything, sometimes too competent, and judgmental of Mitchell’s attempts. Dead Tree Alert: Daddy Issues; Plus, What Shows Do Right By Dads? 2012-06-07T13:50:34Z He analysed his strategic objective and, in time-honoured fashion, organised a perfectly competent cavalry charge. David Cameron feels the hand of history where it hurts 2010-04-25T11:00:00Z Brave, rude, unpredictable, fun, loud, childish and about three-quarters competent: in everything he does, including two unsurprisingly brief residencies on The 11 O'Clock Show and I'm a Celebrity, that's how he is. Comedy gold: Brendon Burns's So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? 2012-11-22T17:43:08Z But it is on “It Ain’t Pretty,” which marks “Golden’s” halfway point, that Scott truly impresses and the album turns the corner from a competent, somewhat boring pop exercise into something more interesting. Lady A powers down for something fresher 2013-05-07T21:45:48Z But she couldn’t help wondering: What had made an otherwise nice, competent, community-minded, churchgoing professional suddenly morph into such a jerk? “Hi, I’m right here”: An open letter to Paul Ryan about poverty and empathy 2014-03-10T23:00:00Z And, in particular, Olivia Pope, the central character in ABC’s hit “Scandal” goes through life not angry but serenely competent. NYT: Shonda Rhimes should write autobiography called “How to Get Away With Being an Angry Black Woman” 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z A cleanly done, competent representational painting that you wouldn’t associate with Warhol or Pop unless you knew how neatly he could work. When Walter Hopps Met Andy Warhol and Frank Stella 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z Needless to say, politicians don’t tend to be the most competent adjudicators of medical evidence. V-word vs. P-word 2012-06-26T15:57:00Z They helped shape the values and creative lives of the kids who saw by showing them a diversity of young people who were competent and resourceful. The subversive joys of Joan Micklin Silver's little-known New York City short films 2021-03-13T05:00:00Z Politico says unnamed "critics inside and outside the West Wing are questioning whether he is the tough, competent manager needed to shake up the operation and propel Obama into the 2012 election year." Time for panic at the White House? 2011-09-16T13:56:00Z In the songs and choreography too, of course, though it has to be said that, with one or two exceptions, these are more competent than dazzling. Review: Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Aswirl in ‘La La Land’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z “I really like that she knows what she wants, that she’s competent, that there’s conviction there,” he said. A Couple Destined to Be a Hit 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z Christine Shevchenko, opposite Calvin Royal III, making a buoyant and boyish debut as the Prince, was her usual competent self. At Ballet Theater, Visions of the Natural World and ‘Swan’ Debuts 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z We were maybe 10% more competent than your average teenage cook, but it would be a stretch to think we could manage the turkey, and I can’t remember whose idea that was. My teenage respect for the rules led me to risk poisoning the whole family 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “And when you see them six months later you can’t even believe it’s the same people. They’re just these radiant, gorgeous flowers that have blossomed and who are secure and competent.” City of Joy: the powerful Netflix documentary where 'everything is about love' 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z The previously released renditions of the songs Sweet Transvestite and Science Fiction Double Feature point to a faithful and competent production but, don’t be fooled, this won’t be performed live. The week's best TV: Rocky Horror, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Black Mirror 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z These medical scenes are competent but forgettable, while the scenes of Charlie’s peregrinations are sometimes interesting and funny but surprisingly infrequent. Television Review: ‘Saving Hope’ Begins Thursday on NBC 2012-06-06T22:45:35Z But Burns, known as a competent but quick-tempered judge, wants to ensure the buzz doesn't undercut Balfour's right to a fair trial. Hudson star power to complicate murder trial 2012-04-08T18:06:08Z A genre exercise, the detective movie “Small Town Crime” relies on the usual time-tested ingredients: the boozy loner lawman, the beautiful female victim and the reliably mysterious, invariably competent villains. Review: In ‘Small Town Crime,’ Trouble Is His Business (Natch) 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z I’m more like myself, more competent as a parent and a person. Is motherhood causing my depression? 2013-02-25T23:30:00Z Both of us felt less competent as parents than we ever did in our professional lives, and both of us knew that our incompetence was on display. Motherlode: Marital Lessons of Summer 2011-07-28T19:40:24Z Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto sounded competent but less special. SCO/Ticciati – review 2012-11-14T16:16:58Z They settled for “creating competent children in certain kinds of work, and creating morally responsible citizens who fulfill a prescribed set of obligations.” Motherlode Blog: Keep the Joy, Take Back the Fun 2014-01-28T20:53:47Z There’s an implied assumption of stupidity here, that either viewers won’t be smart enough to synthesize meaning from acting and writing, or that the acting and writing won’t be competent enough to convey that meaning. Press stop: why Hollywood needs to quit relying on the vlogger 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z The Force Awakens” is the franchise’s most appealing invitation to chase that narrative high, because there’s just so much to like: Daisy Ridley’s Rey is grounded, competent and intense—everything a hero should be. The “Star Wars” fandom menace: The glaring emotional blind spots that power “The Force Awakens” 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z Some feminists even learned how to perform abortions for those who could not find a competent doctor. Women’s rights is the longest revolution 2013-02-21T17:14:00Z He might've had a competent chief of staff, but he's not allowed that chief of staff to do the work that he needs to do. "The Comey Rule" will likely trigger Trump, and series star Michael Kelly couldn't be happier 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z Whereas Redford — “Regular Bill” — is an emotional conservative, “the reliable, competent American Everyman, the Nick Carraway who would never understand or accept or like himself half as much as Gatsby did.” Richard Russo’s Latest Cast Includes Average Men and One Big Star 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z The fix is diligent research, working with a competent travel adviser, or using an app that updates you on the conditions at your destination. Perspective | What travelers really want after the pandemic — and how they can get it 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z SPRINGSTEEN: It’s as simple as the fear of, is someone simply competent enough to do this particular job? Bruce Springsteen Won’t Be at Inauguration, but His Music Might 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Participants were then asked to rate how competent they thought their hypothetical co-worker found them. Want To Look Competent? Ask For Advice 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z The seven "judges" had no independent evidence – how could they when they were a bunch of Trots rather than a competent court? Why leftists and 'revolutionaries' are not the best feminists 2013-02-03T00:06:08Z He has to figure out how to help her, turning for assistance to a neighbor couple he’s never interacted with, and in turn confronting his anxieties about being a competent single father. Laughing Gas: In Defense of the Fart Joke 2013-10-02T14:28:05Z The surest way to gain awards notice is to make a competent feature that celebrates the magic of filmmaking or its history. Still so white: The 95th annual Oscars nominations and snubs reflect some dug-in Hollywood habits 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The singing is competent, but not one song will stick with you past the closing credits. ‘Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return’ is pretty charmless 2014-05-08T19:50:40Z The inept have a way of making their problems the responsibility of the highly competent, which is how Wong comes to share the common frustration of people who are better than the job they're given. We all love Wongers, who brings the real magic to the MCU 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z “UNDER8ED” is a polished, competent, but not especially innovative blend of New York and Atlanta street rap, of hypnotic trap and boom-bappy beats. Pardison Fontaine and the Plight of the Ghostwriter 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z This was a competent but not entirely persuasive interpretation of the sonata, whose balance of melody and accompaniment represented a new development in Beethoven’s musical language. Music Review: Chamber Music Society Completes a Beethoven Project 2010-05-16T21:44:00Z These formerly competent, levelheaded adults must be going quietly insane. Review | To get us through, finding the wisdom of books written in isolation 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z The competent female flamenco ensemble rattles away in tightly choreographed groups; the “urban” crew does some hip-hop lite and a lot of aggressive posturing. Dance Review: Flamenco, Hip-Hop and Bare Midriffs 2011-03-20T22:01:42Z However the actor denied the claims, with supporting documents from two doctors who determined he was fully competent. 2010-02-12T11:44:00Z Though Carter is competent at making the chaos of a rainy match or the ecstasy of a clandestine tryst watchable, his characters feel like sketches with barely any idiosyncrasies. ‘In From the Side’ Review: Love and Rugby Play a Losing Game 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z "This year's awards were competent, perhaps, but created scant opportunity for the gods to favor them," Lowry added. Emmy telecast wins bigger audience, but leaves critics cold 2013-09-24T01:17:56Z Meanwhile, the artificial-intelligence system is competent but rarely seems to provide an especially interesting or creative adversary. Video Game Review: New Worlds to Conquer, Even for Casual Rulers 2010-09-21T22:52:00Z An argument could be made that plenty of those male directors did a perfectly competent job of bringing those stories to the screen. Amid calls for gender equity in Hollywood, the stakes are high. 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Male buyers were rated as less easily misled than female buyers, and women were considered to be less competent, but also to exhibit more warmth. Women get ripped off because people lie to them 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z “They still see men as more competent, even if they don’t have the experience.” American hustle: how Hollywood rips off women 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Although the eight performers, most of whom play more than one role, are competent, they are rarely anything more. The Shakespeare Globe’s Informal ‘King Lear’ at the Skirball 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z The script is obvious, and the acting is mostly just competent. Theater Review: ?Sistas: The Musical? - Review 2011-10-28T23:22:58Z In the late 1950s, he is portrayed as gallant, but by the late 1990s, he is portrayed as less than competent. The best Titanic film isn't "Titanic" 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Monroe wields the competent strength of a classic final girl, perhaps because she's an athlete in real life. Maika Monroe: The thinking woman’s scream queen 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z The room sent it flying to £4.18 million, a gigantic price for a competent but stereotyped picture by an unknown artist working in the Bruges manner. Old Masters Rush In to Save the Day 2010-12-10T12:42:00Z You might go into a program of the Juilliard Dance Division prepared to see a group of competent dancers in training. Dance Review: Juilliard Dances Repertory in Modern Classics 2014-03-24T22:53:13Z “And I don’t have that. Therefore, I wouldn’t be competent to judge him.” A Year After Kendrick Lamar, Will the Music Pulitzer Embrace Pop? 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z “When I started working my first ‘real’ job at 23, I still felt hopelessly childish in an office full of mature, competent, older people. Why Kate Spade Felt Like a Friend 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Not that anything is stated so explicitly, but the tone of the first installment projects that Mr. Hynes is running a competent, problem-free ship, something his opponents would dispute. Television Review: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Begins on Tuesday on CBS 2013-05-27T21:42:21Z As the Coens and co-writer Matt Charman tell the story, this begins as a straightforward question of legal principle: Every criminal suspect, guilty or not, is entitled to a competent defense. “Bridge of Spies”: Tom Hanks goes full Jimmy Stewart in Spielberg’s flawed but disturbingly timely Cold War history lesson 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z Good Morning Mr. Tennis, My daughter-in-law is a wonderful mother — smart, fun and loves my son and their two children — a very competent person in almost all respects. Throws fits when packing 2013-04-17T00:00:00Z Mr. Harbutt’s first public show of his work was in 1960, in the East Village of Manhattan, prompting a Times reviewer to call him “one of the most mature and competent of today’s young photographers.” Charles Harbutt, Photojournalist With an Eye for Art as Well as News, Dies at 79 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z He didn’t say there’s never been a more competent squire. ArtsBeat: ‘Game of Thrones’ Recap: Flames in the Night Sky 2014-05-05T03:38:23Z The film, directed by Emílio Domingos, is competent and entirely conventional, following a few dancers through a season of competition. ‘Passinho Dance Off,’ in Film and in Person 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z And by good, I meant not competent so much as virtuous. What kind of monster hits her kid? Now I knew exactly what kind of monster 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z One secret of NOLS’s pedagogy is that it lets students do things before they are competent or confident, but always with an observer ready to step in and help. A senior’s intense, 14-day sailing lesson — from scratch — off the New Zealand coast 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z True to its genre, “Adrift” dispenses both the terror of extreme conditions and the comfort of a competent response. Review: Shailene Woodley Braves the Elements in ‘Adrift’ 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Tuvel’s paper is “a very competent example of a certain style of philosophy,” she said. A Defense of ‘Transracial’ Identity Roils Philosophy World 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z “What Doesn’t Kill You” is the story of Miller’s fight for competent and compassionate care after she was diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease. Three Memoirs About the Messiness of Life and Self-Definition 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z "I want to see how competent I am," she says, jabbing the screen of an 4. The death of the iPod 2011-03-18T08:00:02Z She seems to be a competent though hardly dazzling player. Lindsey Stirling’s Music Combines Classical and Dance 2014-05-02T22:32:38Z You may have seen “inspired” productions, “competent” productions, but never anything beautiful. It’s ‘Vanya,’ loosely speaking 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Thus, Verity finds that one of her outlaw companions is a very competent robot affording Netherton an active presence in the year 2017. Review | An ‘app whisperer’ teams up with time travelers in William Gibson’s ‘Agency’ 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z To them, the characters and plot devices in this perfectly competent film might well seem fresh. | 'Prom': A Disney Take on the Big Night ? Review 2011-04-29T04:03:01Z "Culpable homicide is a competent verdict," the judge said, but did not deliver any formal verdicts in the shooting death of Pistorius' 29-year-old girlfriend before calling for a lunch break in the proceedings. Judge: Pistorius can't be found guilty of murder 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z The faceless bounty hunter didn't have many lines, but he instantly became the epitome of "Star Wars" cool, a competent mercenary who would do any job that needs doing, no questions asked. Original Boba Fett designer criticizes Disney’s take on the character 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z You’ve seen this plenty of times: the protagonist of a TV series is competent in his or her professional life, in a way that precisely contrasts with the problems in his or her personal life. TV Weekend: Ray Donovan 2013-06-27T09:45:23Z It was decreased through use of a positive behavioral plan, designed by a competent psychologist and monitored with data collection. Letters: Readers respond to stories about active shooters, autism therapy 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z It makes me feel very competent and capable in the kitchen, which, you know, is important. John Paul Brammer Is Obsessed With Kate Bush 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z The world’s greatest existential threat, destroyed by a fiercely competent woman. Ranking the Deaths in the Final ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z I was feeling like a modern, competent, with-it baby caretaker, which is when Molly looked up from her computer and said, “Your T-shirt is tucked into your underpants, Grandpa.” Perspective | An old man’s guide to childproofing a home 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z Would the dems to this to a competent GOP appointment espousing the beauty of the free market. Don Berwick, Martyr for Socialized Medicine 2011-11-29T15:27:12Z He is calm and competent, and the performance was clean and together, which is saying something. NSO offers “Lobgesang,” but highlight is organist Paul Jacobs playing Bach When Mike and the remaining Kitchen brother lay waste to “The Undertaker” and his henchman, it’s weirdly heartening to know his bosses will see just how competent he is. ‘Fargo’ Season 2, Episode 7: This Family Deserves the Ground 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z This is the guy who wrote Sports Night’s Dana and The West Wing’s C.J., women who were as intelligent, flawed and competent as the men around them. Dead Tree Alert: Blowhardball: The Not-So-Special Comment of HBO’s The Newsroom 2012-06-21T12:53:34Z But at base what we’re talking about is this: Our kids are way more competent than we think. Why You Should Worry Less About Your Children 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z He usually choreographs at least one new piece, often two, each season, and the critical drill is that at best these are competent, musically adventurous, generally unexciting ballets. City Ballet Arrived Early, With Revelations 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z It wasn’t awful — she seemed competent and aware, and to hit every mark — it was just . . . wrong. Britney Spears is a pop star permanently stuck in another era 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z He is at least a competent performer, and his show resembles effective standup. Alex Zane 2010-08-18T16:37:00Z And despite the title, this isn't a competent homage to Sergio Leone's spaghetti Western classic, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." 'The Good, the Bad, the Weird': A recklessly filmed Korean Western 2010-05-06T20:04:00Z Individual resiliency can only go so far, we need competent, transparent governments that can transform our economies and cultures. Edwidge Danticat: Dawn After the Tempests 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Some bad news: you can’t really change how competent you appear in a photo, which is dependent on facial structure. What to Know Before Choosing a Photo for Your LinkedIn Profile 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z He cites one study of “negativity bias” that says a critic who pans a book “is perceived as more competent than a critic who praises it.” Steven Pinker Continues to See the Glass Half Full 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z Still, it's a mild shock to see a competent film released in the January trough. No Strings Attached Review: The Thawing of Natalie Portman 2011-01-21T16:35:00Z A competent travel adviser would never send you into harm’s way. Perspective | How to find a travel adviser amid the pandemic 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z “More and more every year. And if I’m seeing that, there are so many reproductive endocrinologists in the area who are very competent fertility specialists – I’m sure they are seeing the same.” 'Having a child doesn’t fit into these women's schedule': is this the future of surrogacy? 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Dear Carolyn: My husband is an extremely competent person who approaches everything with informed and reasoned thinking. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: How can you tell if you’re being over-criticized or overly sensitive? 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z These artists were all highly competent professionals well trained in the basics of figurative painting, but pulp illustration was hack work. Art Review: Illustrating Damsels in Distress and Emissaries From Our Deep, Dark Ids 2011-07-14T21:53:57Z Most moderately competent feminist adults will know all this, plus, you know, Google. What can we learn from a vagina museum? 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z The fact that Selma’s money must be used either for competent legal counsel or for Gene’s operation is implausible. Review: Great Expectations for a New Opera, Dashed 2010-09-16T03:00:00Z This was how I learned to look like a nurturing, competent babysitter. The mothering class 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z Would you be able to recommend a competent showrunner for this effort? Submit Questions for Robert Carlock of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z The Keegan performances are more competent than lustrous, but the characterizations are clear and droll, and the stage business clicks seamlessly into place on Matthew J. Keenan’s set, depicting adjoining motel rooms. If you’re in the mood for comedy, try these productions 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z It is a competent if sometimes heavy-handed affair, a mosaic of fictitious and underexplored characters who hear the assault but are too self-preoccupied to act. Review: ‘37,’ a Fictional Retelling of the Kitty Genovese Story 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement You push past this book’s occasional unventilated corner, however, because Ms. Beard is competent and charming company. Review: In ‘SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome,’ Mary Beard Tackles Myths and More 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Passing it requires more than simply being competent or charismatic or likable. Perspective | Stacey Abrams, a sea-blue dress and the politics of appearance 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z Told that the British commander had taken Philadelphia, Franklin replied, “I beg your pardon, but Philadelphia has taken Howe” — allowing George Washington’s Continentals a reprieve to fashion themselves into a competent army. The Ideal Reading Experience, The American Dollar and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z There was no one competent to run the water system. 59 Tomahawks and 5,900 years of slaughter: A brief history of Syria 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z “Jonathan presents as a beautiful man, competent and terrific and engaged and completely at ease in his own body — the paragon of the golden boy,” Mr. Mayer said. Jonathan Groff Is a Seymour at Heart 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z When men direct others, they’re often assumed to be assertive and competent. How a job acquires a gender (and less authority if it’s female) 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Although there are probably some competent mothers at Litchfield, what the show chooses to focus on is primarily the terrible ones. Don’t believe the “Orange is the New Black” hype: How the Netflix series misrepresents life behind bars 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z Roger is quite a competent sailor, he’s very good with small boats. T Magazine: Duran Duran Sails Back to 'Rio' 2012-05-04T20:16:26Z But on the other hand, I’ll be leaving 70 very competent people to carry it on. An Exit Interview With the Man Who Transformed the Oxford English Dictionary 2013-04-24T02:14:01Z In the end, Dr. Grant is still the same cranky, competent, paleontologist professional right up into the end, when he gruffly informs Hammond that he won't be endorsing his park. 'Jurassic World' battles sexism claims, in heels 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z “Do they want to feel competent? Do they want to hang out with peers? Are they looking for a way to relax?” Perspective | 8 ways to change a child’s ‘bad’ behavior 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z In the end, there is little compassion on the part of opponents of death with dignity for the people who are competent and who are suffering in their terminal days. Where’s our right to die? 2012-07-03T14:30:00Z But with the Calders as the lead in front and the other two quartets arrayed behind them, the audience got to watch really competent players sweat the metric torture without breaking. A quirky thread runs through L.A. Phil Green Umbrella quartet program 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Despite Shaw’s personality flaws, all his actions showed me in this episode is that he’s a competent Starfleet captain who can see through blatant lies. ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ Season 3, Episode 1: Reunion Engage 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Washington Consumers’ Checkbook’s evaluations of area heating and air-conditioning services for quality and price will help you find a competent contractor. How to find a reliable and affordable HVAC company 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z There were competent singers last night, and a few good ones, but only a handful of performances that didn't tempt me to pause the show and listen to the recordings that inspired them. "American Idol" embarrasses the greats 2011-03-10T14:30:00Z Dr. Martin Samuels, chairman of the neurology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a Harvard teaching affiliate, remembered Dr. Alexander as a competent neurosurgeon. Dr. Eben Alexander’s Tells of Near Death in ‘Proof of Heaven’ 2012-11-25T21:46:59Z Visually competent but verbally clogged, this painfully earnest movie wants us to care about the corrupt behavior of medical-equipment purchasing cartels. | 'Puncture': ?Pucture? Stars Chris Evans and Mark Kassen ? Review 2011-09-23T04:13:02Z A competent academic exercise, as an artistic creation the Mass is laboured and flat. Vaughan Williams premiere ? review 2011-03-07T22:15:00Z All the most compelling — and competent — people in the novel are women. Review | Sibling rivalry fuels the delicious thriller ‘The Better Sister’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The show, aided by a competent cast and six-person band, badly wants to be insightful and uplifting but struggles under the weight of its own conceit. ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Standby’ 2013-07-24T16:21:19Z The main hospital staff members are all caring, comforting and competent. ‘Red Band Society,’ Set in a Pediatric Ward 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Affleck stages reasonably competent heist scenes, along with a memorably awesome getaway chase in the cramped streets of Boston's scenic North End. "The Town": Ben Affleck's Boston fantasy 2010-09-17T14:01:00Z Overall, however, the show, especially during a misconceived Stevie Wonder medley, felt like a competent karaoke performance, embellished with too much talk. Music Review: A Chatty Concert Debut for the TV Star Jonathan Groff 2014-02-16T21:33:38Z But when placed into a more competitive work environment, good looking men — although considered competent — pose a threat to future colleagues because of these perceptions, the study suggests. Being really, really, ridiculously good looking can hold you back at work 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Otherwise, it is just competent dancers dancing competently. Dance Review: Ballet NY Performs New Works by Medhi Bahiri 2012-08-10T23:17:57Z She’s a jolly and vastly competent woman with a ribald sense of humor. Deep Cuts: Writers and the Women They Worship 2013-04-17T19:07:02Z Their colleagues are generally competent and often more, particularly in the court scenes and the extended undoing of Parolles by the Italian soldiers. 'All's Well That Ends Well' has pleasant outing at Theatricum Botanicum 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z “It’s nuts. Why wouldn’t you have some requirements for making sure they’re competent? It seems like a recipe for a huge amount of variability.” Who are these ‘special masters,’ and what makes them so special? 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z As if conducting a seminar on manipulation, the film’s highly competent leads navigate a screenplay based entirely on lies, deception and trickery. Movie Review: ‘A Wedding Invitation,’ Directed by Oh Ki-hwan 2013-05-23T23:33:05Z They want to feel like welcome guests again, wrapped in the kind of warm, competent hospitality they fantasized about while the pandemic took it all away. Diners Are Fed Up With Minimal Service. Will a Little Warmth Win Them Back? 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The team at GW had determined she was not competent to make her own medical decisions alone, and Andersen, whom Hilda had named her power of attorney, agreed. Ailing, alone and 89. So how could Hilda Reynolds be joyous? 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z The picture is certainly competent, but a dozen other journeyman directors could have executed this piece just as efficiently. Review: 'Safe Haven' is routine romantic thriller 2013-02-14T01:31:06Z Thereafter he became a highly competent director on television – where competence is far more valued than creative originality – and he won an Emmy for an episode of Hill Street Blues. Corey Allen: Buzz's second sad send-off 2010-07-01T16:57:00Z A lack of stage presence was also a problem for the New York Post which said Bloom was "game but merely competent - and less than that when he expresses anguish." Critics divided on Orlando Bloom's Broadway debut as Romeo 2013-09-20T17:04:26Z Crisp, raucous low brass introduced Prokofiev’s Sixth Symphony, given a competent reading by Hersh and the orchestra. Review | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra plays on, and with gusto, despite no new contract 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Considering the race-based traumatic stress Black patients are suffering with, psychologists and therapists should provide culturally competent care, she says, which is not something only health professionals of color should provide. Why Taraji P. Henson is trying to shed light on the mental health crisis among Black youth 2021-01-04T05:00:00Z This is certainly competent filmmaking, sort of like a long “60 Minutes” segment without the confrontational interview style. Movie Review : ‘State 194,’ a Documentary on the Palestinian Struggle 2013-05-17T00:46:08Z Is there really nothing a well-organized and competent society can do about it? George Packer: Don’t CEOs have any shame? 2013-05-26T18:00:00Z You saw both sides in the Trevor Noah era, which was competent, charming if a little dull. What if ‘The Daily Show’ Used Guest Hosts Permanently? 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z If you are a competent and successful person then you are used to challenges for which there are solutions, in which victory is possible. My mom has Alzheimer’s 2012-11-21T01:00:00Z It's a contemporary concern, those pressures to be a certain way, to always appear professional and competent. Heroes of TV news 2011-07-15T23:04:00Z In these sequences, as throughout, the performances are competent enough to give the show an interestingly varied tone and pace. With Theatre Du Jour play, prepare to be shocked, and maybe grossed out, too 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z Access is free, and competent users can go unguided; a ranger at the start checks equipment and gives a safety talk. Coming Soon to an American Cliff Near You: ‘Via Ferrata’ Routes 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z Mary Browning Miami Beach I am pretty sure that if I were a subject in this study, I would vote for the faces wearing some lipstick and eye makeup as the most competent, too. Letters: Letters 2011-10-19T23:18:58Z Speakers loosely associated with either of California’s apparently linguistically verdant valleys — Silicon in the north, San Fernando in the south — were generally “perceived as less intelligent, less professionally competent and less mature, among other things.” The Rise and Fall of ‘ZuckTalk’ 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Where is the silent majority, all those officers who are reasonably competent and get along reasonably well? ‘Gracepoint’ Stars David Tennant and Anna Gunn 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Paired with a note from Capote’s agent, it is the most competent work in the show, exploring the pivot between fandom and stardom that Warhol occupied so well. 'Letters to Andy Warhol': Celebrity drives art exhibition, but in the end, is it a clunker? 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z Scott joined Parks and Recreation— created by two Office producers and done in a similar talking-heads style—as a competent, voice-of-reason auditor with an outlandish sense of humor. An Audition Tape Offers an Alternate Version of The Office 2013-08-07T15:13:48Z A compassionate and competent counselor could walk you through the events in your life that have culminated in this moment. Perspective | Ask Amy: Mother’s mistakes come back to haunt her 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z “I was 29 and had nothing to prove that I was competent to take this on, but then everyone in the Vatican is into faith.” James S. Ackerman, Author of Enduring Books on Architecture, Dies at 97 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z "My guess is he will have to explain some of these things and present his persona to the jury as a reasonable, competent doctor," Cron said. Jackson's doc to plead not guilty in star's death 2011-01-25T11:16:05Z Compared to this atrocity, those forgettable but somewhat competent films are pretty much the collected works of Billy Wilder. “The Boy Next Door”: Why J-Lo’s erotic thriller is a disaster 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z The select few of us who are able to get a bona fide diagnosis are left without a competent treatment, because we don't yet know what one looks like. Lawyers and Secondary Traumatic Stress, or: On the dispersal of brain matter in a Kentucky trailer 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z |
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