1.   After all, it was largely the threat of ugly neighborhood protests during the Games that helped persuade city officials to make improvements.

2.   But Justice Department officials were not persuaded, and the request to monitor Lee was never approved.

3.   But such a vow is unlikely to persuade officials withholding back funds from Kenya.

4.   Diplomats said the renewed fighting and the intense international pressure persuaded Ghanaian officials to recall the ship and allow its passengers to debark.

5.   He also concedes his team is still working to persuade park officials.

6.   Johnson nevertheless managed to persuade boxing officials in South Carolina, Georgia and New Jersey to let him fight on the strength of the same scan.

7.   Some hard-line PRI leaders have acknowledged that a central PRI strategy has been to persuade officials who administer government social programs to use them to benefit the Labastida campaign.

8.   He has just several thousand men and has mostly used his political clout, rather than fighting, to persuade local officials to turn against the Taliban.

9.   The collapse of Barings has persuaded officials of the need for greater international cooperation in regulating financial markets, according to sources familiar with the discussions.