A second jury might assume that, since our cleverest judges found the new evidence persuasive, their role is simply to endorse a conviction.
The failure by mainstream political parties to produce a new and persuasive economic narrative, which does not rely on sustaining impossible levels of growth and generating illusory jobs, provides a marvellous opening for demagogues everywhere.
I agree with H. L. Mencken: "If the critic produces a piece of writing that shows sound structure and brilliant color, and the flash of new and persuasive ideas and civilized manners, and the charm of an uncommon personality, then he has given something to the world that is worth having".
Jonathan Freedman, a psychologist at the University of Toronto, doesn't find the new evidence persuasive.
It provides new and persuasive evidence of the effectiveness of this intervention.
New but persuasive evidence for adverse pregnancy-related and perinatal outcomes related to solid fuel use are also beginning to emerge.
But in a painfully persuasive new novel, "According to Queeney" (Carroll & Graf; $22), Beryl Bainbridge presents Johnson as an obnoxious celebrity surrounded by obsequious hangers-on.
School reform advocates are rightly excited about a persuasive new study showing that New York City's small, specialized high schools are outperforming larger, more traditional schools, significantly narrowing the graduation-rate gap that currently exists between white and minority students across the city.
Second, my new book on persuasive communications -- Language Intelligence: Lessons on Persuasion from Jesus, Shakespeare, Lincoln and Lady Gaga -- examines effective messaging, political gaffes, and the role of the figures of speech.
FRIENDS & ENEMIES OF NEW MUSIC Eric Heubner, one of New York's most persuasive advocates of new music for the piano, offers a recital under the Friends' umbrella at the Tenri Cultural Institute that features solo works by such composers as Elliott Carter ("90+" and "Night Fantasies"), Mason Bates, John Link, Caroline Mallonée, and Ligeti (two études, "Désordre" and "Automne à Varsovie").
