They were guaranteed by bond insurers, like Ambac, further persuading people there was nothing to worry about.
I hardly needed further persuading after reading this 2011 book review by Dwight Garner Macdonaldlikediked the smell of napalm in the morning, and wore it like after-shave," wrote Garner — but his column in this issue, about movies I've never heard of, was still a fresh, bracing delight.
But Mr Fernandes has gone much further, persuading his pilots, with whom he regularly shares the company profit-and-loss account, not to take off at full throttle and to fly their aircraft to cruising altitude immediately—saving some 26% on fuel costs, an airline's second biggest overhead.
The shift in power is likely to persuade 81-year-old Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — if she needed further persuading — that she should stay on the job at least until 2017.
A lone police car is cruising around but no one seems to be trying to further persuade residents to leave.
I was further persuaded into this madness by a younger friend whose money and dignity were not at stake.
A review of the bid histories of a half-dozen eBay auctions of similar electric clocks during the past month further persuaded me.
Bloomberg's huge advertising budget and his reputation as a moderate further persuaded independents and some Democratic voters to abandon Mark Green, the Democratic candidate, whom he outspent by five to one.
They have to be convinced that Britain should stay and further persuaded that the question is of such importance that they need to turn up on the day of decision and vote to remain even when the proposition is being put by the enemy party leader.
