As French conquest of the southern Low Countries constituted a threat to both the Dutch Republic and Britain, those states came to terms in the standoff Peace of Breda (July 31 , 1667, followed in January by an Anglo-Dutch alliance compelling France to make peace with Spain.
Indeed, in its compelling anatomies of alliances and betrayals in a tight-knit community where everyone is closely watched, "Brothers" can be savored as a sort of collective farm version of "Peyton Place".
3. Omar and Brother Mouzone Again, it's tempting to list Omar's bond with Butchie here, but the Brother Mouzone alliance is more compelling for its dramatic repercussions.
NATO UNITY -- The alliance, finding Washington had "clear and compelling proof" that Osama bin Laden was behind the Sept. 11 attacks, invoked its mutual defense clause.
I don't think there's any question that Facebook still dominates this authentication space, but Twitter's Apple alliance is making them much more compelling for this purpose — for developers, at the very least.
Those Chinese companies are right to believe that it takes an alliance to take over Siri and offer a compelling alternative.
"Due to changes in the financial market landscape, HKEx will consider international opportunities for alliances, partnerships and other relationships that present strategically compelling benefits consistent with its focus on markets in China," the exchange said in a statement.
Perhaps political leaders perceive that there is no more compelling strategic need for NATO, thus explaining why the future of the alliance and its resources does not appear to be among the highest political priority in the transatlantic agenda.
The story -- with its confusing off-stage battles and ever-changing alliances -- is hard enough to track, especially without compelling emotional and dramatic reasons for why Cleopatra and Antony behave as they do.
A more compelling argument is that the Republican Party is no longer a mean electoral machine, but an uneasy alliance of potentially competing groups.
