To persuade skeptics, he said, it will have to prove it is not just a better-packaged propaganda machine.

But his cursory discussion presents no evidence to the contrary, and so isn't likely to persuade skeptics.

To persuade skeptics that he is not, in fact, flashy, Mr. Scrushy points to his car.

The trick is to persuade skeptics that the industry can be trusted to govern itself.

Such talk does not persuade skeptics, who recall that Mr. Schröder once promised to cut the number of jobless to 3.5 million.

These officials say Moscow appears to have timed its offer to persuade skeptics before the next round of Geneva talks.

He said it had given him "ammunition" to persuade skeptics not only in Congress but also within the administration's budget office.

Hoping to persuade skeptics, Viacom's latest offer includes what amounts to a share price guarantee.

First, though, Jakarta must persuade skeptics it is still committed to reform.

But even after the brass agreed to the project, Mr. Wrong said, he still had to persuade skeptics all the way down the chain of command.