1.   A cavalier Southerner, he was hot-blooded, self-confident, accustomed to swaying people through his force of personality.

2.   At a Trenton news conference, Whitman said the size of the bloc of undecided voters indicated that the vicious ads by both camps were not swaying people.

3.   But she could not sway the people who mattered.

4.   Here in Armenia, however, not even the prospect of membership would sway most people away from the patriotic fervor that has sustained them over millennia.

5.   His goal was never to sway people but to help them find their own truth, Guthrie said.

6.   Some of that is centered around the simple fact that young people are swayed by emotions.

7.   Until he does, such bold predictions will do little to sway people who suspect that Grant is simply enjoying the chance to cause grief for Whitman.

8.   But the image campaign of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has swayed some people in South Korea, who have avidly watched live television reports from Pyongyang.

9.   Indeed, the plunge in the dollar could sway some people who are on the fence about traveling to Europe or Mexico this year.

10.   The persuasive power of advertising also sways people to change many of their daily habits, such as drinking water out of their own wells.