The State party finds this explanation unconvincing.

But the facts are often fiction, and the logic is not compelling.

Everybody likes this myth of the siloviki , because it's so easy to explain Russian developments by ascribing events to a KGBization of power.

Indeed, it is hard to find any persuasive analysis of today s crisis from the left beyond anti capitalist slogans.

It is a creature of the intellect rather than a product of power.

There must be some explanation for China choosing this moment even for an unnecessary and ham fisted row with the Vatican.

Today, that argument makes little sense.

In its reply, the source has not convincingly rebutted the Government's arguments.

An absurd expectation, one might think.

Now any such claims would seem preposterous.

Nineteen years of experience with the Maastricht Treaty, which created both the EU and the euro, has shown convincingly that such limits are unenforceable.

The Court of Appeal reversed the decision, finding the existence of the trade usage not sufficiently proven and the evaluation of the evidence regarding the seller's awareness of the year's catch not persuasive.

The reason is because the most important design secret of the brain is diversity.

This absurd situation must change.

All this suggests conclusions that give pause for thought.

Yes, global warming is real and man made. But creating panic and proposing unrealistic policies will not help in tackling the problem.

But there is no persuasive evidence of either.

It also persuasively demonstrates that all the proposed remedies come with significant costs.

The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it's already done.

NATO officials persuasively argued that their collective defense commitment could not be delegated to a non NATO member.

The request for increased funding for staff training was unconvincing.

It is a compelling narrative, one with which we can readily explain how politics so often generates perverse outcomes.

Of course, nutrition, education, health, and the environment are important features of the next development agenda.

Indeed, beyond the loaded language lie fundamental questions that have yet to be answered convincingly.

In a veiled criticism of the army s lack of preparedness and alleged toleration for unrest in the region, Sata said

My inclination is to believe that the head will prevail but not completely.

At one level, what is happening now is a triumph of reason and evidence over ideology and interests.

Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.

Growth plausibly drove financial development as much as, or more than, institutional development did.

But they don t bear all the blame for the past, and are not behaving completely irrationally.

Conspicuous consumption becomes less important when people already know your income.

While Hegel placed God behind the workings of consciousness in people, Marx saw the political economy as the engine of mind.

But one, to me, that's most compelling is the peculiar sensitivity to small changes that can make large changes in biological development the output.

Now as I was there, I guess, like a lot of people, I assumed that it was just an aspirin for the mind.

Instead, the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal won convincingly.

But that has not made a real difference at the end of the day, America is also losing interest in NATO, which turned in a not fully convincing performance in Libya and a downright poor one in Afghanistan.

Like all historical analogies, this one may prove flawed, but it is not absurd.

Nirvana is also regarded as the end of the world , in that no personal identity or boundaries of the mind remain.

The EU is truly convincing only when it can use the seductive power of a membership card.

But most important is listening well enough to say, We re sorry in a convincing way. Not, We re sorry you didn t appreciate our wonderful service, but, We re sorry we screwed up and gave you a noisy room.

But the end of the century is 88 years from now, and blaming global warming now is simply unconvincing (Bloomberg s first source for its claim was a 134 character tweet).

Satisfying it has become the great palliative of modern society, our counterfeit reward for working irrational hours.

Starting with the simple tale of an ant, philosopher Dan Dennett unleashes a devastating salvo of ideas, making a powerful case for the existence of memes concepts that are literally alive.

The cleanup of the Niger Delta provides an ideal opportunity for Nigeria, the oil industry, and the international community to show convincingly that a new age has dawned.

The contemporary United States also is not a compelling demonstration that competition between two parties leads to increasing moderation and political centrism.