persuade.01
frames- At the same time , [ARG0 Viacom] is trying *-1 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 stations] [ARG2 *-2 to make commitments to `` A Different World , '' a spin-off of `` Cosby '' whose reruns *T*-151 will become available in 1991] .
- Several years ago [ARG0 he] gave up *-3 trying *-1 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 Miami] [ARG2 *-2 to improve its city-owned Orange Bowl] , and instead built his own $ 100 million *U* coliseum with private funds .
- For one thing , Pentagon officials , who *T*-106 asked *-3 not to be identified *-4 , worry that [ARG0 the U.S.] will have a much tougher time *-2 [rel persuading] [ARG1 Europeans] [ARG2 *-5 to keep some short-range nuclear weapons on their soil once Soviet armored forces are thinned *-1 out] .
- [ARGM-TMP Last week] , [ARG0 housing lobbies] [rel persuaded] [ARG1 Congress] [ARG2 *-1 to raise the ceiling to $ 124,875 *U* , * making FHA loans more accessible to the well-to-do] .
- Another hurdle concerns [ARG0 Japan 's] attempts * to [rel persuade] [ARG1 the Soviet Union] [ARG2 *-1 to relinquish its post-World War II control of four islands north of Japan] .
- And has [ARG0 he] [ARGM-ADV truly] [rel persuaded] [ARG1 the Communist Party] [ARG2 *-2 to accept economic change of a kind that *T*-1 will , sooner or later , lead to its demise] ?
- [ARG0 They] [rel persuaded] [ARG1 Mr. Trotter] [ARG2 *-1 to take it back] and , with the help of the FBI , taped their conversation with him .
- And * cultivating [ARG0 a luxury image] strong enough * to [rel persuade] [ARG1 consumers] [ARG2 *-1 to pay more than $ 15 *U* for lipstick or eye makeup] requires a subtle touch that packaged-goods companies have yet *-2 to demonstrate *T*-3 on their own .
- [ARG1 India 's overregulated businessmen] had *-2 to be [rel persuaded] *-1 , but they have started *-3 to think big .
- In 30 years of * collecting impressionist and Japanese paintings , he has acquired [ARG0 600 items] , he says 0 *T*-3 , enough 0 *T*-1 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 him] [ARG2 *-2 to start a museum next year] .
- Mr. de Cholet said 0 [ARG0 Mr. Fournier 's] biggest hope was * to [ARGM-MNR somehow] [rel persuade] [ARG1 regulatory authorities] [ARG2 *-2 to block the bid] .
- [ARG0 *] [rel Persuading] [ARG1 tradition-bound Japanese retailers] [ARG2 *-2 to get involved in the turmoils of the U.S. retailing industry] is n't likely *-1 to be so easy , analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 The growth of Las Vegas tourism in recent years] [rel persuades] [ARG1 lenders] [ARG2 that they will *?*] .
- [ARG1 We] have been [rel persuaded] *-1 by [ARG0-by the constitutional argument for the inherent line-item veto] [ARGM-TMP since 1987 , when lawyer Stephen Glazier first made the case on this page *T*-2] .
- The White House said 0 [ARG0 he] plans *-1 to hold a series of private White House meetings , mostly with Senate Democrats , *-2 to try *-3 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 lawmakers] [ARG2 *-4 to fall in line behind the tax cut] .
- [ARG0 Israel] has launched a new effort * to prove 0 the Palestine Liberation Organization continues *-1 to practice terrorism , and [ARGM-DIS thus] * to [rel persuade] [ARG1 the U.S.] [ARG2 *-2 to break off talks with the group] .
- And [ARGM-ADV just as we did not believe the tendentious claims of the Congressmen and arms-control advocates who *T*-1 visited Krasnoyarsk] , [ARG1 we] are [ARGM-MNR in no way] [rel persuaded] *-3 by [ARG0-by the assent to the tainted-meat theory by a U.S. team of scientists who *T*-2 met with Soviet counterparts in Washington last year] .
- They would both give part of their combined $ 50 million *U* in common equity in SCI TV to holders of SCI TV 's $ 488 million *U* of junk bonds , as [ARG0 a carrot] 0 *T*-2 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 *-3 to accept new bonds that *T*-1 might reduce the value of their claims on the company] .
- `` The ideal defense in a case involving an accident is [ARG0 *] to [rel persuade] [ARG1 the jurors] [ARG2 *-1 to hold the accident victim responsible for his or her plight] , '' Mr. Vinson has written *T*-2 .
- But Mr. Roman flatly denied the speculation , *-1 saying 0 [ARG0 Mr. Sorrell] had tried several times *-2 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 him] [ARG2 *-3 to stay] , *-2 offering various incentives and in one instance sending a note with a case of wine -LRB- The wine , naturally , was Seagram 's brand , an Ogilvy client -RRB- .
- The aim , says *T*-2 Mr. de Galle , is * to win market share from imported cigarettes , and [ARG0 *] to [rel persuade] [ARG1 smokers who *T*-1 are switching to blonde cigarettes] [ARG2 *-4 to keep *-3 buying French] .
- But [ARG0 *] [rel persuading] [ARG1 investors] [ARG2 *-2 to buy bonds] may be especially tough this week , when the U.S. government will auction more than $ 30 billion *U* of new securities *T*-1 .
- [ARGM-TMP On Friday] , [ARG0 they] [ARGM-DIS also] [rel persuaded] [ARG1 the UAL flight attendants] [ARG2 *-1 to join them] .
- [ARG0 *-1] Unable *-2 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 the manager] [ARG2 *-3 to change his decision] , he went to a `` company court '' for a hearing .
- [ARG0 The prospect of * buying into a cash-hungry company without *-1 getting management control] [rel persuaded] [ARG1 at least three foreign buyers , including a member of the Elders group of Australia ,] [ARG2 *-2 to pull out of the bidding] , the bankers and analysts say 0 *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 Her success , which *T*-1 included * alleviating an urban food shortage in the early 1980s ,] helped [rel persuade] [ARG1 Hanoi] [ARG2 *-2 to take the reform path] .
- [ARG0 That] , in turn , is expected *-1 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 banks] [ARG2 *-2 to cut their prime lending rate , a benchmark rate on many corporate and consumer loans , by half a percentage point , to 10 %] .
- [ARG0 Egg-industry lobbying] helped *-2 [rel persuade] [ARG1 six states] [ARG2 *-1 to ban Mr. Maynard 's automatic egg-breaking machine because of fears over salmonella] .
- [ARG0 That] helped [rel persuade] [ARG1 the company] [ARG2 *-1 to introduce a new advertising slogan : `` A warm hug from Campbell 's] . ''
- Meanwhile , [ARG0 PaineWebber] remains among the leaders in efforts * to [ARGM-ADV simply] [rel persuade] [ARG1 investors] [ARG2 *-1 to keep *-2 giving Wall Street their money] .
- Commodore has assembled an experienced management team , [ARG0 it] has [rel persuaded] [ARG1 many more dealers] [ARG2 *-1 to carry its products] and it has unleashed a slick advertising campaign .
- [ARG0 He] helped *-1 [rel persuade] [ARG1 10 of these senators] [ARG2 *-2 to support him and Majority Leader George Mitchell on these grounds] .
- Mr. Craven said 0 both Messrs. Eward and Whittington had planned *-1 to leave the bank earlier , but [ARG0 Mr. Craven] had [rel persuaded] [ARG1 them] [ARG2 *-2 to remain until the bank was in a healthy position] .
- The administration continues *-1 to support SDI , or Star Wars , and [ARG0 it] recently lobbied *-2 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 the Senate] [ARG2 *-3 to restore some of the funds 0 it planned *-5 to cut *T*-4 from the program] .
- It will be hard *ICH*-1 down the road [ARG0 *] to [rel persuade] [ARG1 Congress] [ARG2 *-2 to approve money for SDI plans] if lawmakers fear 0 those plans could scuttle a completed treaty .
- He said that other participants in the conference `` do not believe that the rights of Americans should be guaranteed *-1 to citizens who *T*-2 are homosexual , '' but that `` [ARG0 I] mean *-3 to [rel persuade] [ARG1 you] to [ARG2-to the opposite view] . ''
- She called [ARG0 her daughter *ICH*-1] * to take her to the bank , who , in turn , *T*-2 [rel persuaded] [ARG1 her husband , a Mr. Loeb] , [ARG2 *-3 to run this errand] .
- In an attempt [ARG0 *] to [rel persuade] [ARG1 investors] [ARG2 that his bid was n't just `` a stock play] , '' Mr. Trump promised last week *-1 to notify the market before *-2 selling any shares .
- With superconcentrates , however , it *EXP*-1 is n't always easy [ARG0 *] to [rel persuade] [ARG1 consumers] [ARG2 that less is more] ; many people tend *-2 to dump too much detergent into the washing machine , *-2 believing that it *EXP*-3 takes a cup of powder * to really clean the laundry .
- Financial Corp. of Santa Barbara filed suit against former stock speculator Ivan F. Boesky and Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. , *-1 charging 0 [ARG0 they] defrauded the thrift by *-2 concealing their relationship [ARGM-TMP when] * [rel persuading] [ARG1 it] [ARG2 *-4 to buy $ 284 million *U* in high-yield , high-risk junk bonds] *T*-3 .