Persuaded
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The deal was done with a large helping of political fudge: the three biggest European Union economies – the United Kingdom, France, and Germany – were
persuaded
to cede some control to the center, but only if each could host an authority.
He successfully
persuaded
Palestinian militants to hold their fire and show Israelis and the world that dismantling settlements need not involve Israeli-Palestinian violence.
If policies or prejudices have not
persuaded
that undecided 17% of voters, they must be looking for something else.
The puzzle is why neither the compelling self-destructive logic of autocratic rule nor the mounting evidence of deteriorating regime performance in China has
persuaded
even some of the most knowledgeable observers that the end of CCP rule is now a distinct possibility.
Fortunately, the government was not
persuaded.
Part of the problem is that we allow ourselves to be
persuaded
that new inventions will only make our lives more convenient, rather than also adding to our burdens.
But my conversations
persuaded
me that both problems are likely to be manageable.
Containment also requires nuclear custodians be
persuaded
to risk their lives to defend nuclear sites against terrorists or rebels.
Only this inducement to the most powerful state in the union
persuaded
Madison to drop his opposition to the proposal.
Indeed, she even
persuaded
other important political leaders to participate in the planned January 8 election, which she viewed as an opportunity to challenge religious extremist forces in the public square.
This issue aside, I have never been
persuaded
that capital requirements on trading books should be materially lower than for those on banking books.
Early on, Treasury secretary Robert Rubin
persuaded
him to concentrate on deficit reduction, scrapping a middle class tax cut and planned public investment initiatives.
And I would continue to treat them with contempt, as I have done for 20 years, were I not
persuaded
that with them the red line – or red-brown line – is being crossed.
Some governments and companies have been
persuaded
that “bio-plastics” – which are derived partly from biomass like cornstarch – are the solution.
The regulators were “captured” – meaning that they identified so closely with the intellectual perspective and worldview of large complex financial institutions that they were
persuaded
to allow something that was actually very dangerous.
Some viewers are not
persuaded
of the film’s accuracy, or are troubled by the occasionally surreal character of the film-within-a-film structure adopted by the director.
To be sure, Trump’s top military advisers have
persuaded
him to keep in place the 2,000 military personnel currently stationed in Syria.
But limiting the violence and improving the lot of at least some Syrians might be possible if the US does not rush to leave, if Sunni governments contribute soldiers and money, and if Russia can be
persuaded
to play a somewhat more constructive role.
At the end of October, however, she finally articulated a vision of the future of Europe that
persuaded
the German Bundestag to agree to a package of measures to save the euro.
Trying to help resolve the situation peacefully, I was
persuaded
to negotiate at the Central Jakarta Police Station, but found to my horror that the mob leaders controlled the station.
But only with American pressure will Russia truly be
persuaded
to honor its commitments to withdraw its troops from Georgia and disengage from its support of the separatists.
The men at the barricades were
persuaded
to leave their stronghold; the insurrectionary leaders were either detained or escaped to Spain.
The US, moreover, should actively seek a path back to the Six Party Talks, resisting both the fatalistic idea that North Korea can never be
persuaded
to roll back its nuclear program and the dangerous notion of simply waiting for the North Korean regime to come begging, if not collapse.
This logic appears to have
persuaded
the Republican Party's presidential nominee George W. Bush to support moving to a new strategic paradigm.
It is grotesque that so many people who stand to benefit from such “socialist” policies are still
persuaded
to vote against them because they are supposedly “un-American.”
Of course, diehard anti-Americans will never be persuaded, but they remain a minority, with the possible exception of the Muslim world.
The German people can probably be
persuaded
to agree to this form of integration, in the same referendum that will have to be held, anyway, to approve Macron’s fiscal plans.
Their choice of name is an ironic one, for Taliban, an Arabic word, means those seeking to be educated, whereas the Taliban’s principal aim is to keep Muslim societies backward so that they can be
persuaded
to adopt a seventh-century version of Islam.
These measures
persuaded
Indonesia’s Muslims that they could live in accord with Islamic teaching without Indonesia becoming an Islamic state.
Back in 2002, when the US steel industry
persuaded
President George W. Bush to slap tariffs of 8% to 30% on imported steel, there were about 187,000 steelworkers in the US.
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