21.  In February, Ms. Grant hauled Pierce to Bronx Family Court in hope that a judge would talk some sense into him.

22.  It would almost certainly end the behind-the-scenes cooperation between Washington and Beijing in talking sense to North Korea.

23.  Jill, my best friend and matron-of-honor, talked some sense into me, and I was able to smooth things over with my mom.

24.  Like Stevenson, she expected to talk sense and lose.

25.  Only in the scenes where Flanagan tries to talk sense to insensitive men do we get a feeling for the tension of the times.

26.  Politically, it is very hard to talk sense about drugs.

27.  Sam Nunn, D-Ga., is trying to talk sense to his fellow senators about Bosnia, but it is not clear they are listening.

28.  She had pleaded for help, hoping that someone with influence could talk sense to the young would-be toughs in her town.

29.  Somebody needs to sit these boys down and talk sense to them.

30.  The cast, including Michael Warren as Shapic, a teacher who tries to talk sense to his students, is appealing.