As for Mr. LaBute, he follows the rules of romantic comedy laid out for him by a literary intelligence "and what results is an unusually smart and credible example of the genre" (A. O. Scott).
Neither the government nor the judiciary has been able to point to a single credible example of how its secrecy, neglect, deception or persecution in these cases has protected anybody or anything.
But in "Possession," which opens today nationwide, the rules of romantic comedy have been laid out for him by a literary intelligence to which he properly defers, and what results is an unusually smart and credible example of the genre.
Flounder Florentine was a credible example of a classic, the broiled fish flavored with paprika, laid over a bed of wilted spinach and drizzled with garlic-white wine sauce; grilled shrimp were expertly cooked and served on a bed of that spinach salad.
They might also be the most credible example for municipalities elsewhere.
Judging religion only on the basis of its least credible examples is as though I judged all science on the basis of creationist science.
A more credible example is perhaps the 'Vienna Edition' of Wittgenstein's Nachlass that we edit here.
Interviewers rated experiences as definitely present, suspected to be present or absent, and unless a credible example was given, responses were rated down to suspected instead of definitely present.
In this case, his target is the uber-lad culture of contemporary Britain, of which Bunny Munro is an extreme, but always credible, example.
