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  • Their human bodies UNICORN POINT | ll3 were ill adapted to hurry through uncharted brush, but com - petent enough for the trails.

    Here There Are Monsters 2010

  • Ma ville est pourrie mais c bourrĂ© de faux bourges qui petent plus haut que leur cul et pourtant yapa de koi ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • This was sad because Lieutenant Mobler was com-petent and intelligent.

    The Metrognome and Other Stories Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1990

  • Their human bodies UNICORN POINT | ll3 were ill adapted to hurry through uncharted brush, but com - petent enough for the trails.

    Unicorn Point Anthony, Piers 1989

  • He did not like games of chance, as was the case with most com - petent players; chance was the refuge of incompetence.

    Robot Adept Anthony, Piers 1988

  • "Run interference for me," he told his three most com - petent animals.

    Blue Adept Anthony, Piers 1981

  • The post medical officer was hopelessly incom - petent, and the Commanding Officer refused to believe that he had yellow jack at his camp.

    Manuscript Draft: Walter Reed: Doctor in Uniform, by Laura Wood, [19 -- ] 1943

  • However, as has been proven, nothing can prevent com - petent crews, flying the trademark white-red-and-black Twin Otters, from successfully penetrating the world's darkest and most forbidding domains.

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  • Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer even if you have an uninsured vehicle, it's still possible that a com - petent personal injury lawyer can get you the medical care you re - quire, can get your medical bills paid, and can obtain a recovery for your pain and suffering.

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  • Hiring a Personal Injury Lawyer even if you have an uninsured vehicle, it's still possible that a com - petent personal injury lawyer can get you the medical care you re - quire, can get your medical bills paid, and can obtain a recovery for your pain and suffering.

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

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