1.   At this point what NBC gets is mainly an instant credibility upgrade.

2.   Before the first ball was struck Wednesday morning at the La Costa Resort, the Andersen Consulting Match Play possessed instant credibility.

3.   A BellSouth merger with Sprint was seen as providing instant credibility as a national player in all manner of telecommunications services.

4.   Absurd as it sounds, the Grizzlies could lend Memphis instant credibility -- unless the Charlotte Hornets get there first.

5.   Adams, the former standout from Northern Arizona University who spent the past three seasons with the Dallas Stars, gives Phoenix instant credibility at the position.

6.   Bush has borrowed this splendid curriculum vitae to provide himself with some surrogate gravitas and instant credibility in foreign affairs.

7.   But Clinton, a child advocate and husband of a child advocate, brought the notion instant credibility.

8.   But it was his wallet that gave his attempt instant credibility.

9.   But Kubiak would not bring the instant credibility Seifert would and might not receive the respect or trust of some of the assistants Jones wants to retain.

10.   Danny Monzon, the respected scout hired by Duquette to give the team instant credibility, was killed in a car accident while on a scouting trip.