The Greek political class already looks quite detached from the people - many Greeks joke that Mr Papandreou himself speaks better Swedish than Greek, and is not alone in having swapped Greek "cred" for Anglo-Saxon "cred".
If anything, PETA proved their "console-cred" on their blog, stating that they usually side with gamers against anti-videogame mogul Jack Thompson, who most recently condemned Wendy's for releasing Nintendo Wii toys.
However, unlike previous so-called alternative hip-hop artists like Arrested Development or Will Smith, West never lost street cred with hip-hop's A list.
You want a figure who has some street-cred on both sides of the aisle.
This includes numerous, enthusiastic professional recommendations as well as a thriving blog relating to your professional skills to boost your G-cred.
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With boyish good-looks and a rebel's cred (he dropped out of high-school and races rally cars) he's become one of China's more popular and recognizable bloggers, where the Internet is an increasingly popular forum for self-expression.
Director Sam Rami brings along some fan-boy cred but the film is (seemingly) OK for kids as well as adults.
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DAB, for all its blue-collar cred, is in the pocket of the business elite for whom Hong Kong is ultimately run.
The Hindenburg Omen may not be the holy grail the bears might like, but it still has plenty of street cred as a wake-up call.
She is a rapper's rapper, a master of flow and punch lines, with skills to please the most exacting gatekeepers of hip-hop street cred.
No surprise, then, that Tesla has outfitted the walls of this new dealership with large prints of its very own manufacturing process -- probably not earning it much cred in the 'hood.
Getting attention in bars and at tourist spots, the theory goes, would build up the street cred so crucial among a precious wireless demographic--young professionals in their late 20s and early 30s with a high gadget-lust quotient and cash to spend.
This Louisiana delegate was hoping McCain would pick Palin as early as June, feeling the need for McCain to increase his cred on "change" and even more so after Obama watered-down his position as the leading advocate for a different style of leadership in Washington by picking a career Beltway politician as his running mate.
You see, it only helps build Ryan's "street cred" that he's not popular with groups that attract so many anti-Latino nativists.
The survey also shows that hotels could do a better job of publicizing their green cred. 64 percent of respondents said that they rarely or never feel informed about whether hotels are truly eco-friendly.
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