Nevertheless, the idea alone has proved compelling enough to attract the interest of city child-welfare officials, advocates for women and some in the private sector.
Peter Mills, in Hymns to the Silence, refers to it as "this dark horse of a song" – a way to describe the surprising appeal of a song that was never a hit, but has proved compelling to many.
But so far the combination has proven compelling to its fighters, while Iraq's security forces appear centered on little more than self-preservation. . 2. Military training alone cannot produce loyalty to a dysfunctional and disunified government incapable of running the country effectively, which is a reasonable description of Iraq's sectarian Shia government.
For Chopard, based in Geneva, Fleurier's future has proved more compelling than its past.
Although streaming a song is not the same as owning it, Spotify has proved a compelling alternative to illegal file-sharing.Ahoy there, me heartiesThe effect is clearest in Sweden.
But what ultimately has proved most compelling about "Fifth of July" (the play takes place during the Independence Day holiday in 1977) was its thematic timeliness, said James Houghton, the Signature's artistic director: virtually everyone involved noted that the play has a resonance today, with the threat of a foreign war and questions about its motivation.
Lately that has proved the most compelling argument for biodiesel.
But the colourful image of the pygmy kicking his legs in the air has proved such a compelling example of the different conventions of laughter that even the most hard-headed theorists have been reluctant to abandon it).
Watching a succession of people stand for an hour each in London's Trafalgar Square on the live feed has proved far more compelling than the 10th series of Big Brother - at least according to Twitter, where the tag #oneandother effortlessly cruised past that referring to the Channel 4 series.
Incidentally, Ladies and Gentlemen, as a brief point aside: I can only welcome and commend The Guardian's "Keep it in the ground" campaign, which has proved so clear, compelling and powerfully resonant with many millions of people around the world.
Instagram has, in just two short years, developed an offering that has proved attractive and compelling to a diverse group of users, and Facebook no doubt hopes to capitalize on the photo sharing app's expertise, particularly in mobile.
