• They are less about raw intelligence than a command of many facts.

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  • Up the street, one of the city's many volunteer booths is staffed by eight young people who don't have as good a command of different languages.

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  • For example, you've shown a command of your regular job duties, but you're not showing the leadership skills that you'd need to move on to the next level.

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  • His wide-ranging interests, formidable intelligence, impressive language skills (giving him a command of French, German, Spanish and Russian) and powerful and persuasive rhetorical abilities made him a true national asset.

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  • Last month the government said it would bring forward to the autumn other measures planned by Labour requiring many immigrants marrying UK citizens to prove they have a command of English.

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  • As a writer and as a performer, Springsteen is in command of a variety of themes and moods: comic and grandiose, political and mindless.

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  • The prime minister's strengths were his usual ones: a good command of detail and a flair for creating dividing lines with Mr Cameron, especially on public spending.

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  • All those key stakeholders have been selected on the basis of inclusiveness and representativeness with a certain command of legitimacy and respect in the work they do and represent as individuals and organizations with the women and youth groups at the district and national levels.

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  • Among those being recognized is U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alan Samuels, a Reserve Officer assigned to the Army Reserve Sustainment Command in support of the Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a part of the Army Material Command.

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  • How is it that colonists in the 1770s, many of whom had little formal schooling, had higher levels of literacy, more expansive vocabularies and a better command and mastery of a wide variety of subjects, than the average student today?

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  • These attempt to capture well-being beyond a mere command of economic resources.

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  • Under the peace agreement, northern troops should have been withdrawn in July, to be replaced by a joint command of northern and southern troops.

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  • It also offers provisions to train more people in medical interpretation to help serve patients with a limited command of English, and to train more community workers to help patients navigate the system.

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  • Since last autumn, people from outside the EU applying for a visa to join their spouse or partner now have to prove they have a basic command of English before their application is approved.

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  • The problem is that many Swiss parents, not to mention businessmen who want to talk to colleagues abroad, would like more Swiss children to go out into the world with a better command of English.

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  • The two larger parties have a clear line of command, a leader whose authority is rarely, if ever, questioned by colleagues.

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  • "There has been a piece of debris catalogued by U.S. Strategic Command as a result of that collision, " Kelso said.

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  • Hutchins' lead defense attorney, Richard Brannon, countered that the actions of Hutchins and his men was "a failure of command, " alluding to allegations that their platoon leader's rough handling of some detainees sent the wrong message to the Marines.

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  • For instance, it should be possible to distinguish an insurgency with a rigid command structure from a group of smaller, randomly linked units.

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  • Of course the Mac was created in part as sort of a backlash against the command line interface of DOS (typing long strings of complicated computing commands, not pointing and clicking with a mouse like we're used to now), though Mac OS X now boasts a Unix Shell terminal with its own command line interface.

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  • Designed for the creative consumer who seeks stunning images and HD video, the V2 incorporates a myriad of new features aimed at improving the shooting experience, including a new ergonomic grip for familiar handling, a built-in flash and the addition of a Command Mode Dial to provide easy access to features and controls.

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  • Add to the mix published reports that General David Petraeus - one of America's most prominent military officers as the four-star commander of Central Command and a leading architect of the Iraq surge - sees the lack of progress in the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" as a threat to American servicemen and women in his area of responsibility.

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  • We agreed to a set of command and control procedures for ballistic missile defense.

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  • The boom in television rights for sports certainly means the Dodgers would command a multiple of their present fee.

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  • He was told to recruit, organize, supervise and command a group of soldiers and airmen who were to train in absolute secrecy.

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  • He said the two-strikes rule would apply to serious sexual offences or violent offences that would command a sentence of 10 years or more.

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  • Many were given a rank to establish a chain of command.

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  • Today the increment of time for market change is now faster than the increment of time for moving information up and down a chain of command.

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