21.   That is not good enough if the president really means to persuade people of the evils of outside influences.

22.   The key, though, is persuading people to shop.

23.   They try to persuade people that the world has changed, requiring heightened levels of security in everything from cyberspace to buses.

24.   With two Democrats in the US House and two Republicans in the Senate, power depends on persuading people toward the middle.

25.   Yet persuading people who live in rebel strongholds to rally behind a distant government in Katmandu will not be easy.

26.   Authorities are also appealing to Chechen elders and Islamic leaders to persuade young people to lay down weapons and leave armed groups.

27.   Authorities are also appealing to Chechen elders and Islamic leaders to persuade young people to lay down their weapons and leave armed groups.

28.   It is difficult, too, to persuade hungry people who have lost crops and grain stores, not to eat their only remaining source of food.

29.   The ministry plans to launch a public relations campaign to persuade people of the merits of nuclear power.

30.   Weeks of persistent sun and warm temperatures have persuaded people to leave home without their cardigans.