Take the risk of a major attack using some kind of biological or chemical agent, which we have apparently convinced ourselves, or been convinced, is real.
Those "I hope I land on my feet" notes, coupled with weak performance in industries he tracks like trucking and retail, convinced him that Manhattan real estate prices eventually have to decline.
None of the above: Mikael Niemi's entrancing first novel is about coming of age in the Swedish equivalent of Appalachia, a remote district above the Arctic Circle, near the Finnish border, where the children of loggers and miners grow up convinced that real life is elsewhere.
"So because I'm not convinced ghosts are real, and I am convinced, totally, that damaging, psychologically unhealthy people are real, I feel it's more important to write about them".
But I didn't, because I was totally convinced Whateverest was real: the lead performance is fantastic.
The Navy signed on, convinced that using real commandos would yield a more accurate portrayal and thus, perhaps, a more effective recruiting device.
"And, if you get a sense of what her armpits smell like, then maybe you'll be convinced she's real".
Convinced it was real, Deng sold a number of paintings in order to afford it, acquired the masterpiece, and then spent considerable time and energy authenticating it.
"I was going on the recommendation of a friend of mine who had in fact been convinced it was real enough to send e-mail to their friends".
Despite the rumours, Mr Hutton remains convinced that the real Billy the Kid rests under the caged headstone in Fort Sumner.In Alamo, we pass piles of rubble, imagining the hard times the homesteaders must have endured.
