Romantic, yes, but most importantly, it's about trying to get people to realize that every one of your individual efforts makes a difference.

Its demise reflects the destructive power of the narrative about the peace process that the right succeeded in persuading many Israelis to accept.

It's hard to persuade Jonathan.

Accepting his 2005 TED Prize, photographer Edward Burtynsky makes a wish that his images stunning landscapes that document humanity's impact on the world help persuade millions to join a global conversation on sustainability.

After having spent more than a decade understanding, studying, and trying to convince policymakers and donors about what was wrong with Africa's agricultural markets, I decided it was time to do something about it.

The Irish problem remains how to convince popular opinion to accept a Treaty that was decisively rejected by 53.4 to 46.6 in the June 12 poll.

The Green river, as a kind of activist idea, not a part of an exhibition, it was really about showing people, in this city, as they walk by, that space has dimensions. A space has time.

I managed to persuade my cousin into accepting my plan.

Here, Germany s leaders, in particular, need convincing.

But something went wrong Putin could not be convinced.

I managed to convince Dad that we organize the reception at home.

But it will be much more difficult to persuade China that it should stand down.

And Singapore has been persuaded to host four advanced naval ships.

Efforts had also been made to persuade Parliament to strengthen the Act.

South Korea is trying to persuade the North to make this strategic decision.

Some Liberians therefore have to be persuaded to enter into the process.

But it is doing so without addressing the crucial need to bring its citizens along.

I tried to persuade my mother to permit my circumcision, but she refused.

Austria tried to persuade the Italian government to accept Venetia in exchange for non intervention.

But proselytizing means only that one tries to convince others of the truths to which one is committed.

GSM phones can be convinced to use the much weaker A5 2 cipher briefly.

The British believed they could convince Italy to abandon Germany through appeasement.

Indeed, official rhetoric has turned once again to trying to persuade markets to ignore reality.

We can t convince people to engage when it s secret, to lead such kind of process.

Keren tried to convince Amit to lead the men out, but Amit preferred to wait until morning.

That way, Kosovo Serbs can be persuaded to participate in the institutions of Kosovo and Metohija.

The challenge was how to convince States of the added value of a rights based approach.

Intense Western pressure has been brought to bear on Yar Adua to re consider the January deadline.

Investors in the coming years will need to be persuaded to hold mountains of new debt.

Rather than convince myself that I have all the answers, I reach out.

Members may consider contacting their Governments in order to encourage them to approach neighbouring States to promote ratification of the Convention

It also helped some ministries to convince colleagues in the relevant ministries to expedite payment of contributions.

The first purpose is, of course, to persuade the country in question to come around to others views.

We talked the terrorist IRA and their political wing into the political process and the sharing of power.

Roosevelt initially supported this plan, and managed to convince Churchill to support it in a less drastic form.

Instead of hearing more lectures from the IMF about cutting budgets, poor countries need larger budgets to pay for the required investments roads, power supplies, ports, schools, and health clinics to jump start economic growth. The IMF should spend less time telling the poorest of the poor to cut their spending, and more time telling rich countries to give more money to help the poor meet their investment needs.

Only this inducement to the most powerful state in the union persuaded Madison to drop his opposition to the proposal.

For years, the emphasis has rightly been on persuading people that there must be sufficient will to tackle climate change.

The men at the barricades were persuaded to leave their stronghold the insurrectionary leaders were either detained or escaped to Spain.

These movements use pressure from below to convince political leaders that there is domestic support for international agreement.

For example, it had a lot of trouble persuading leaders to turn up in Prague on Thursday.

Her testimony helped persuade Congress to commit more development aid to maternal health.

The panel s findings should help to persuade them to do so.

One of the first challenges for the new government will be to convince the international community that it respects previous Palestinian agreements.

Pipette then tries to coax the old lady into leaving, kissing and hugging her, and appealing to her (hoped for) good nature.