Less certain, however, is the premise that the world order would collapse without American leadership.

Do you buy that explanation?

Do you buy that explanation?

Tom can be pretty convincing.

I know how persuasive Tom can be.

Like Chaudhuri, Kagan is an engaging writer.

Admittedly, however, the argument in favor of capital punishment becomes less clear cut as the number of lives saved per execution falls.

Evidence about a housing bubble in the 1980's was compelling. Buyers were influenced by strong expectations about future price increases, and they perceived little risk.

Net contributors would be locked into a relationship with the markets a convincing creditor.

It has to get very compelling before we'll pay attention.

Evidence about a housing bubble in the 1980's was compelling.

Perhaps more convincing, there seems to be historical precedent for such a partnership.

The APC s change message was compelling and the campaign stayed on message throughout the campaign.

With most of the country now ablaze, this argument is less convincing.

It will just stretch from the bottom, you see,' he went on with a persuasive gesture, 'and go up and up till it gets there.'

Cleaning up the Niger Delta would provide the strongest possible example of a new age of accountability.

This is clear and convincing evidence of the ECB s previous policy missteps in the normalization of interest rate process.

sound economic analysis, and background papers readily available for technocrats and others to study

At times, it seemed that the result would be much closer, or even that we British might engineer the dismemberment of our country, which for centuries has brought together four national communities England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

The most convincing way to do that is to moderate America s excessive taste for power, which it demonstrated in Iraq.

To be sure, the attempt by America s new UN ambassador, John Bolton, to introduce hundreds of last minute changes to the summit s concluding declaration doomed the agreement perhaps deliberately to being less comprehensive and forceful than had been hoped.

The third drops, the fourth, the fifth.

It is a telling commentary on the moral bankruptcy of the UN that this decision comes at so delicate a time for the organization.

Did you understand? More or less.

Did you understand? More or less.

This message was persuasive enough for Western governments, especially the United States, to continue to lavish money and arms on Mubarak and other Arab allies.

His appraisal of his record in office is notably accurate, and stands as a convincing testament to the effectiveness of his leadership.

With the stakes so high, the human and economic case for leaders to take mental health seriously is clearly compelling.

Smaller steps, however, can and should be taken.

There are a lot less expensive and less intrusive ways to do this.

The therapy was less efficient for older dogs.

In early 2001, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a powerful and persuasive appeal to establish the Global Fund.

Indeed, perhaps the most compelling reason to hope that the negotiators will move quickly toward an agreement is their governments fear of the alternatives.

These regimes typically need to dramatize their cohesion, showing in convincing ways that they are in fact unified to deter internal challengers.

Bush s reaction is less predictable.

The Chinese were less ideological.

Intervention is even less plausible.

But some people fight corruption more successfuly than others.

Others are less impressed.

And yet,

Did you understand? More or less.

Did you understand? More or less.

But the enrichment provided by the humanities was no less enduring, though its subtler nature makes it harder to track.

The evolutionary utility of the beauty of physical laws is somewhat less obvious, but no less real.

We need a breakthrough that is demonstrable, public, clear, and convincing, that can mobilize the public s hearts and minds, and that can demonstrate success.