But it's usually worth it for the acting ability and for introducing a fresh, credible face to an American audience".
He believed that the Arabs would always be hindered unless they could use military aid from the Soviet bloc to build a credible force to face the high-tech weaponry that flowed to Israel from the United States.
Ideally, clinical outcome measures should be credible (face validity), comprehensive (content validity), sensitive (discriminant validity), accurate (criterion validity), feasible, and should make biological sense (construct validity).
For months Republicans had been sweating over whether they could come up with a credible candidate to face Mr. Schumer, a popular first-term senator with more than $20 million in his campaign war chest.
The narrow question is, can the Republicans field a credible candidate to face Mr. Torricelli, a Democrat, who came through scarred but still standing after navigating his own federal criminal inquiry this year?
But those who want the benefits of membership without paying the price should also face a credible threat that they can be kicked out.
PAGE A5 Fiscal Deadline for Camden New Jersey officials have given the troubled city of Camden, the state's poorest major city, 15 days to come up with a credible fiscal plan or face a possible state takeover.
A day after Milton Milan became the third Camden mayor in 20 years to be indicted while in office, state officials swooped down today on this destitute river city to give him 15 days to produce a credible fiscal plan or face a possible state takeover.
When the Senate majority leader, Trent Lott, showed up in New Hampshire two weeks ago and was asked whether the party was fully behind Mr. Smith, he said it was "generally supportive" of incumbents -- but then added that with Republicans and Democrats tied in the Senate, the party had to be "considerate" of the possibility that Mr. Smith might face a "credible opponent".
