Simpson's lawyers, led by Shapiro, will have the task of persuading a jury—or, at least, part of a jury that such a man could be capable of a heinous form of official misconduct.
Simpson's lawyers, led by Shapiro, will have the task of persuading a jury — or, at least, part of a jury — that such a man could be capable of a heinous form of official misconduct.
(Nancy Reagan was capable of persuading her Ronnie to fire a chief of staff or a Cabinet secretary with nary a glance across the TV trays).
But though Mr. Fox has won incremental victories against entrenched corruption and red tape, the sweeping reforms he promised in everything from energy to economic policy have not come to pass, partly because he has not built a political coalition capable of persuading the old party's diehards to support the changes he seeks.
"This brilliant young academic writes with authority, elegance and a passion that is capable of persuading even the most reluctant armchair adventurer to join him on his journey".
However, this solution would necessitate a charismatic, emblematic figure capable of persuading the Afghan people to manage their own dissensions and ethnic balance, in the period following the withdrawal.
"If," he continues, "as a result, I became very capable of persuading people who, deep down, didn't want to have sex with me that they should have sex with me... and you ask, should I have done that?
His political genius was for improvisation and compromise, coupled with a verbal felicity that proved capable of persuading people that he was doing one thing when actually doing another.
They could also define the sort of attorney general Mr. Holder turns out to be: how unyielding, how capable of persuading those inside the administration — including Mr. Obama — and outside to accept his judgment.
His vulnerability in the Nov. 26 vote is of concern to the British, who view him as the only person capable of persuading the increasingly dubious Protestant population to remain participants in the peace effort.
