1.   Persuading other senators to vote to relax the limits set by Bush will be difficult, as Specter himself acknowledges.

2.   So far, some of the opposition has been aimed at persuading Democratic senators at least to delay supporting Ashcroft simply because he is a former colleague.

3.   The censure drive nonetheless faced an uphill effort to persuade skeptical senators.

4.   The leader of the advocacy group that worked for House passage of the amendment said he is working to persuade undecided senators.

5.   The Sierra Club also announced a television and radio advertising campaign designed to persuade senators in nine states to vote against Norton.

6.   Those facts, Republican managers argued in what may be one of their final chances to persuade senators, include evidence that Clinton lied under oath and obstructed justice.