ESPN executives persuaded lower-profile universities to deviate from traditional Saturday schedules, and Thursday night college football was born.
Yet time after time plaintiffs managed to persuade lower courts, especially in "dirty" cases, to allow claims to proceed against secondary actors.
The Tea Party's leaders have expressed hope that the growing political support for the movement's constitutional arguments will help persuade lower courts — and ultimately the Supreme Court — to strike down the new health care bill as unconstitutional.
That is yet one more reason to try to persuade lower-level insurgents to abandon the fight.
Officials make a distinction between "reconciliation," or talking to the Taliban leadership, and "reintegration," which involves persuading lower-level followers to change sides.
The decision by the commander, Toor Jan , 28 underscores the opening that exists for the Afghan government's reintegration program, which seeks to persuade lower-level fighters to lay down their arms and offers the opportunity for midlevel leaders to reconcile.
Similar to how prosecutors try to persuade lower-level drug dealers to share information about their superiors, the antidoping agency sat down one by one with cyclists from Armstrong's teams.
Early "job fairs" with sample applications could help persuade lower-skilled groups that thousands of new support jobs and training opportunities would be forthcoming along with the $100,000+ job bonanza for high-skilled workers.
Perhaps the elimination of an available lane will persuade lower-income drivers to use surface streets, thereby completely undermining the purpose of freeways as a means of facilitating commuting and relieving congestion on surface streets.
Both Aleto and Ogwang hope Centenary Bank can be persuaded to lower its lending rate, so that Kajofaco, in turn, can lower the interest rate paid by borrowers.
