That argument did not persuade the accountants, but it — and a lot of campaign contributions — had more impact on Capitol Hill.
But these arguments did not persuade Judge Rakoff.
This requires more support for bond markets by the European Central Bank or by an expanded bail-out fund.If the economic arguments do not persuade Mrs Merkel, then the politics should.
Such arguments do not persuade Cuauhtemoc Hernández, 31, who represents the city's Maquiladora Association -- 34 assembly-line plants, all but two owned by American companies, employing 32,000 Mexican workers.
Yet these arguments did not persuade Judge Steven Abrams -- largely because, at the hearing, an I.N.S. attorney presented a seemingly authentic employment record that had been seized with Kanyinda's personal possessions at J.F.K.
While such arguments did not persuade all of Kant's successors of the hopelessness of their enterprise, the results of their were unpromising.
Religious arguments do not persuade thinking adults.
Mannerheim was informed of the negotiations, he opined that Finland should give up the Suursaari islands because their defence would anyway be impossible during a war, but his arguments did not persuade the majority of the Finnish government.
And yet, even if the economic arguments don't persuade you, it's hard to argue against the humanity of the fact that the "EPA's proposed regulations will result in the avoidance of up to 6,600 premature deaths, up to 150,000 asthma attacks in children, and up to 490,000 missed work or school days - and this will provide up to $93 billion in climate and public health benefits".
That sanguine view does not persuade critics.
