учёная степень(Pallo Jordan, a veteran anti-apartheid politician, resigned from Parliament after a newspaper reported that he had lied about his academic credentials. А 72-year-old historian used the title "Dr." but lacked the Ph.D. from the London School of Economics that he had claimed on his résumé. 4uzhoj)
поднятие рейтинга(Moammar Gadhafi also gives Mr. Sarkozy the chance to burnish his credentials on the world stage ahead of next year's presidential elections in France. Ishmael)
