"The Russians have learned that it's better to sway elections than to spy on our tanks," he said.
At the moment, with Mr Bush's reliance on Britain as a last-ditch alibi in Iraq, the balance of power in the relationship has shifted in Mr Brown's favour, making him freer to cock the odd snook at Washington, as many Britons want him to, and perhaps also better placed to sway American policy.
Would a better argument have swayed two justices to rule against Major League Baseball?
But this is better.' He sways and we listen to the soft suck at the exact place we meet.
Many suspect the threat of Occupy Central stands a better chance of swaying Beijing towards a compromise than would an actual occupation.
And what better fodder for swaying voters than playing Ohio State, which has served as a punching bag for Florida and Louisiana State in the last two national championship games and was trounced by U.S.C. earlier this season?
Before walking out of the back room encounter with Rolando Rodriguez, Wal-Mart's regional general manager for Illinois and northern Indiana, Mr. Daley urged the company to do a better job of swaying public opinion, the source who witnessed the conversation said.
To anyone not accustomed to categorizing pop songs by tempo, a hundred beats per minute may seem fast, but, by the standards of electronic dance music, or E.D.M., which generally thumps along at one-twenty or more, Kygo's languorous productions and remixes sound unexpectedly slow, better suited to swaying than to dancing.
By acting like the person your ex fell for, you have a better chance at swaying his or her emotions back toward affection.
