21.   Police insiders, meanwhile, warn that corruption has become a deep-rooted problem, eroding the credibility of the law enforcement agencies.

22.   Politically, the controversy over the tax had eroded the credibility of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

23.   President Fernando Henrique Cardoso reshuffled his Cabinet Friday in an attempt to raise record-low popularity levels and quell political infighting that has eroded government credibility.

24.   She complained that media attacks on her privately funded election monitoring group could erode the credibility of the poll.

25.   The report said the United Nations was eroding its credibility by ordering peacekeeping missions for which member states would not commit troops and money.

26.   Widespread allegations of official corruption helped erode the credibility of former President Suharto, who quit in May after riots and protests against his rule.

27.   But it was the technical inconsistencies in his determining the photograph of Simpson wearing Bruno Maglis shoes at a football game to be a fake that eroded his credibility.

28.   Chronic absenteeism during the weeklong plenary sessions each month also eroded its credibility.