More creditably, he correctly predicted that the boom generated by the Conservative government under Ted Heath in the 1970s would end in tears.
Mr Musharraf is no longer army chief, and his successor, though his nominee, has so far shown creditably little inclination to leave the barracks.
At least two references to a higher power have since been added, illustrating another habit for which Congress is more creditably famous: compromise.
It governs, creditably, in such big states as Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan.
As for statesmanship, he has been an MP for longer than his brother or Mr Balls and held higher office than his rivals, performing creditably as foreign secretary for three years.Ed Miliband, meanwhile, seems afflicted by twin delusions.
Creditably, Mr Putin has not surrendered the principle this time.
With the exception of Sierra Leone and Northern Ireland, a war that Mr Blair has come creditably close to ending, Mr Blair has not been at the very apex of the chain of command.
The three small countries that hoped to join the euro soonest are all solvent, and have creditably low inflation.
Tom Ridge, the new department's boss, is creditably honest about this.
The strongest challengers this time round are Louisa Hanoune, the leader of the Labour party, who is assured a modest but respectable tally from her supporters among the left-wing activists, and Mousa Touati, whose Front national d'Algérie performed creditably in the most recent local and parliamentary elections.
Charles Albert, after his defeat at the hands of the Austrians at Custoza, agreed to an armistice, but Garibaldi continued in the name of Milan what had become his private war and emerged creditably from two engagements with the Austrians at Luino and Morazzone.
