Word: swaying
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...Paris in the next week or two. But first Clinton hopes to win the support of a skeptical Congress. He was to begin his selling job to an equally suspicious nation this Monday with a televised speech. The arguments he and Vice President Al Gore will use to sway Congress and the public center on the need to halt a bloody and destabilizing war in Europe, to maintain U.S. leadership in the world and to play its role in the forefront of nato, lest the alliance fall apart. To help push the proposal, Administration officials will emphasize their promise that...
This situation makes recruiting stressful for coaches, who must find prime athletes who can also hurdle the academic standards set by the admissions office. But the relative lack of sway that coaches have over who gets in makes Harvard seem a more relaxed alternative to the high-pressure recruiting of traditional athletic powers like Snowden's alternative suitor, Brigham Young...
...Harvard's effort could not sway arch-rival Yale, who moved into second place in the Ivies with the victory and placed the Crimson in third spot...
...that no particular court exhibit will sway the jury. What may matter most is whether the larger notion of a police conspiracy is more compelling than the preponderance of evidence...
Both sides spent fortunes to sway the jury with testimony from scientific experts. The crucial difference was that the defendants had corporate treasuries to tap, whereas Schlichtmann and partners had to borrow heavily, not only to pay for medical and hydrology studies but also to keep up appearances. Anything less than the leading experts or the best hotels and restaurants might signal that they could not go the distance...