As I write in this week's Letter from China, such policies or campaigns may actually be about something else — stamping the authority of the person to whom they are credited over party members, from top to bottom, to ensure loyalty.
Local-born Ilitch, an 85-year-old pizza baron whose family is worth more than $3bn, has been credited over the years for moving his company's business operations downtown and keeping his sports teams – he also owns the Tigers –within city limits.
Similarly, Howard C. Hickman as John Wilkes is credited over Leslie Howard who plays his son, and Clark Gable, who plays only a visitor at Twelve Oaks, receives a relatively low credit in the cast list, despite being presented as the "star" of the film in all the promotional literature.
Nibali should be credited for allowing over half of our two hours together to concentrate on doping.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a Soviet sniper during the second world war, is credited with over 300 kills.
The fall from grace of one of the America's best known effects companies, which was credited on over 145 films from Babe in 1995 to this year's Django Unchained, have left question marks over the state of the industry.
For precollege students, this emphasis is credited with over 80% of participants enrolling in college STEM curricula.
The cleverness and subtle beauty of his advertisements were credited with winning over many viewers to both news and entertainment programs on the network.
A descendant of 19th century Swiss immigrants, Mr Kirchner is credited with presiding over the lowest unemployment and infant mortality rate in Argentina.
Yet while capitalism was being credited as "victorious" over socialism a mere two decades ago, it now stands convicted without a trial, amid a revived eagerness for socialist schemes.
These documents explained the contents of the Constitution so ably they are credited with winning over many who had opposed its ratification.
