My Red Sox malaise, if anything, stems from the opposite problem: the growth of a national brand so strong that its particulars are only compelling when opposed to those of an even more dominant and pervasive one.
Even an appearance by Donald Trump could not save the night from the one-sidedness of a Nadal blowout that was only compelling until Robredo finally won a game 39 minutes, and 9 games, into the match.
Other objections include the fact that the Baghdad tribunal was set up under US auspices before the creation of an Iraqi government, the delay in giving him a lawyer, the requirement that evidence be only "compelling" (less than guilt "beyond a reasonable doubt") - and the likely use of the death penalty if he is found guilty.
Finally, the psychological argument from satisfaction of ambition is only partly compelling: it was surely more rewarding in every way to be a tyrant than to be a Dreran kosmos.
There is only one thing as compelling as Tiger Woods dissecting the course with a scalpel and that is Tiger Woods playing 18 holes with a sand rake.
This mission, while certainly compelling, is only one out of 20 space launches for China this year.
That is only the beginning of a compelling moral detective story in which both sides, not always telling the truth, are interviewed by a judge.
Producing and editing compelling video is only half the work involved in publishing video content to the web.
Although this is theoretically compelling, there is only limited evidence for this early antibiotic administration in children with sepsis [ 19, 20].
But it's only intermittently compelling to watch, as it moves through a rambling evocation of history and memory, setting images of slavery and oppression alongside joyous group dances that create the apparently obligatory scenes of acceptance and reconciliation.
