We talk about leaders being more energetic, more risk taking, more optimistic, more persuasive, and more empathetic than other people.

Sami was very persuasive.

Neither argument is persuasive.

) More persuasive to the public than the economic literature, however, is evidence from specific cases prosecuted domestically.

Western central bankers need to become much more vocal and, one hopes, more persuasive in placing pressure on politicians and other policymakers.

But was his justification persuasive?

Politicians, however, prefer to couch the objective in more uplifting and persuasive terms than that of crassly increasing consumption.

But there is no persuasive evidence of either.

And, increasingly, the reasoning behind such forecasts seems persuasive.

The counter arguments it had heard were not persuasive.

So we shouldn t be too quick to dismiss the suggestion that science might help in the first instance, by helping us design more effective institutions, more inspiring moral education, or more persuasive ethical arguments.

A persuasive experiment recently demonstrated the interaction between nature and nurture.

We talk about leaders being more energetic, more risk taking, more optimistic, more persuasive, and more empathetic than other people. These traits, however, are affected partly by a leader s genetic makeup and partly by the environments in which the traits were learned and developed.

When Bo appears in court, his pleas will not be so persuasive.

If it is to improve its persuasive capabilities, it must learn to become more like grassroots activists, with punchy prose, clear policy recommendations, and TV ready talking points.

Cartel cases are much more persuasive if they contain direct evidence of agreement involving the cartel participants, and evidence that the participants knew that their conduct was unlawful.

One factor that contributed to institutional stasis was the absence of a persuasive alternative.

They were especially persuasive in Britain s former colonies, notably in newly independent African states.

Persuasive explanations of the crisis point to linkages between today s tepid demand and rising income inequality.

People who live with a dog or a cat are not likely to find that persuasive.

With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him.

This is tragic, because Germany should be driving the development of a persuasive vision for Europe s future.

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

And let's face it, the contract from a major multinational brand to a supplier in India or China has much more persuasive value than the local labor law, the local environmental regulations, the local human rights standards.

As a result, he was ready to adopt unconventional measures when the crisis erupted, and was persuasive in influencing his colleagues.

In early 2001, former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan launched a powerful and persuasive appeal to establish the Global Fund.

My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

Smith s ruling finds that a bright line ethical distinction is elusive, and that the view that there is no such ethical distinction is persuasive.

The many efforts that have been made to debunk this analysis (for example, by John Arquilla in Foreign Policy recently) have not been persuasive.

Golyshev has produced a thorough recap of the events on May 2 in Odessa, but some of his conclusions are less persuasive than others.

But none of this was persuasive enough for Indiana primary voters, who backed his rival, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock, by an astonishing 20 point margin.

This message was persuasive enough for Western governments, especially the United States, to continue to lavish money and arms on Mubarak and other Arab allies.

The effects of osteomalacia are thought to contribute to chronic musculoskeletal pain, There is no persuasive evidence of lower vitamin D levels in chronic pain sufferers.

The most persuasive model is that of the ILO, which publishes a List of ratifications by Convention and Protocol in an annual report to the International Labour Conference.

But even though the evidence is persuasive that this unlocks resources which are critical for the Millennium Development Goals, it still falls far short of what is needed.

As a pluralist society with a free and thriving mass media, creative energies that express themselves in a variety of appealing ways, and a democratic system that promotes and protects diversity, India has an extraordinary ability to tell stories that are more persuasive and attractive than those of its rivals.

ROME Increasingly, one hears predictions that the euro will go the way of the gold standard in the 1930 s. And, increasingly, the reasoning behind such forecasts seems persuasive.

The ACABQ report confirmed his delegation's impression that the Secretary General's report was neither comprehensive nor persuasive and did not meet the requirements of General Assembly resolution 59 276.

Advertising Advertising, in relation to mass communication, refers to marketing a product or service in a persuasive manner that encourages the audience to buy the product or use the service.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon has made a persuasive case for work to begin on a nuclear weapons convention, or a framework of separate agreements resulting in a global ban.

Most persuasive to us was the fact that the Secretary General himself told us that he could live with this budget, albeit with great reluctance on the part of the Secretariat.

Saving three innocent lives for every person executed seems like a very attractive trade off, and even two lives saved per execution seems like a persuasive benefit cost ratio for capital punishment.

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.

Researchers are tempted by persuasive results that can attract the interest of policymakers, who are tempted by a selective reading of the evidence that can provide them with ammunition in domestic and international debate.

But if robots can be engaging, if we like to cooperate with robots, if robots are persuasive, maybe a robot can help you maintain a diet and exercise program, maybe they can help you manage your weight.