Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his own election in 1796 as the second president.

Many reform leaders, he maintained, have excellent Islamic revolutionary credentials.

Despite his father's revolutionary credentials, Liu was declared unfit for military service because a relative had been denounced as a rightist.

But he climbed back each time, partly on the strength of his revolutionary credentials.

They were said to have revolutionary credentials.

Education, especially a college degree, became an informal substitute for revolutionary credentials.

Hu is the first leader of the Communist Party without any significant revolutionary credentials.

Then again, many Iranians wonder if his religious and revolutionary credentials might lend him sufficient influence to confront the supreme leader, a friend and rival.

Impeccable revolutionary credentials failed to save other Communist critics of the regime from arrest during last spring's sweeping purge.

Parliament members with impeccable revolutionary credentials expressed surprise over their rejections.