Since she lacks a legislative record, she must convince voters by the force of personality and conviction.
Much of the play is heavy-going and forced, but the cast — Naomi Kline, Cricket Arrison, Geoff Graham — handles it all with finesse, personality and conviction.
An agile mind, a buoyant personality, a brash self-confidence and an evolving set of personal convictions fostered a magnetism that the ring alone could not contain.
Our personal convictions and preferences are fixed at the convoluted intersection of native personality, ambient culture, level of education, faith, family structure, habits of media consumption, relations to the means of production, etc.
The personal convictions and qualifications of Cabinet members matter a great deal, but considerably less than the personality of the President of the United States.
For the usually low-profile singer, this book revealed his personality and convictions that has served as the basis of his musical and public image.
Sometimes it takes little more than touch or some quality of personality to lend conviction to an idea that's in the air.
IT TOOK 20 days for Pakistan's Taliban movement even to admit the death of its leader, Baitullah Mehsud, who, through force of personality and ideological conviction had turned his outfit into what American officials repeatedly called an "existential" threat to Pakistan.
The importance of personality disorders for conviction for violent crime remained significant after adjusting for factors that reflect early behavioural problems.
You don't often see such a combination of irritating personality, insane political convictions and total implacability in one so young.
