Over coffee, he dismantles the conventions that surround an interview, persistently calling our talk "a conversation".
In the spring of 2009, Mr. Harrington was working on a deal and a banker was persistently calling him.
Persistently calling for independence, he has come to be regarded as a dangerous figure by so many that three of Republika Srpska's opposition parties united to challenge him last week.
Fans have persistently called for the firing of the team's top management.
She alleged he persistently called and emailed on the pretext of asking questions about Ghana's economy but then used sexual language and asked her out.
During the Masters, the cellophane wrappings for sandwiches sold to spectators — persistently called patrons by the club — are green so they will blend into the grass if dropped.
Persistently Call Them a New Name Until They Have No Choice But to Accept It As Truth Start by asking your acquaintance something simple, like what color your sweater is.
"I am sure that we will return [our] ties with Syria to normal," he said, straying far from an official script that has persistently called for immediate regime change.
Ficino writes that, if the people he lists are "almost pupils [discipuli], still, they aren't really pupils, since I wouldn't want to imply that I had taught or am teaching any of them, but rather, in a Socratic fashion, I ask them all questions and encourage them, and I persistently call forth the fertile geniuses of my friends to bring about birth".
The Arab nations had persistently called for a WMD-free Middle East, until former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein tried to acquire them.
She alleged he persistently called and emailed on the pretext of asking questions about [her expertise,] Ghana's economy, but then used sexual language and asked her out".
