The officials said that during his time off, Mr. Gonzales and his wife, Rebecca, realized how weary they had grown of the constant criticism and concluded that he was unlikely to restore his credibility and faced a continued battering by lawmakers in both parties.
How can researchers maintain credibility and legitimacy in the face of political opposition?
There are, in the recorded words, few references to rational war aims, even of the debased, acquisitive kind; instead, you find a relentless emphasis on shame and face, position and credibility, perception of weakness and fear of ridicule.
It coincided, instead, with the continued rise of the United States and the descent of the Soviet Union, until about 2000, when we relentlessly began to squander our power again, in the fruitless and pointless pursuit of renewing our honor and credibility in the face of a national insult.
Germany announced Saturday it is suspending arms exports to Saudi Arabia in the wake of the murder, with Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland criticizing Saudi excuses, saying they "lack consistency and credibility" and that the killers "must face justice".
"The biggest problem we're facing is credibility and trust," he told me.
While some of the performance measures in existing frameworks have been rigorously tested to determine their credibility, they face substantial challenges in comparability and feasibility.
"We would reiterate that everything that U.S.A.D.A. has is from Conte's files, and thus is flawed and without credibility on its face," Goldberg wrote in his e-mail message.
But if the business was not successful, the young man would lose so much credibility — or "face" — that he probably would have to leave town.
