1.  Elisabetta persuaded reluctant members to participate.

2.  Ever since the war in the Persian Gulf, Colin Powell has been the most eagerly courted yet most reluctant member of the Republican Party.

3.  If the company moves, Heymann will almost certainly lose some staff members reluctant to make the switch.

4.  In fact, the Chinese Embassy debacle marked a turning point, one at which formerly reluctant NATO members agreed to widen the range of targets.

5.  Once HMOs become powerful in an area, he said, they tend to force even reluctant members of the local medical establishment to change their ways.

6.  So Holbrooke will have to persuade reluctant members of Congress that skimping on Congo will lead to disaster.

7.  That message is being driven home to reluctant members by administration officials.

8.  The Chinese Embassy debacle marked a turning point, one at which formerly reluctant NATO members agreed to widen the range of targets.

9.  A Navy investigator has suggested it was respect for Waddle that may have made crew members reluctant to question him.

10.  Along with France, Russia has been the U.N. Security Council member most reluctant to take an aggressive line against Iraq in the confrontation over military inspections.