Davy's boyhood was spent partly with his parents and partly with Tonkin, who placed him at a preparatory school kept by a Mr. Bushell, who was so much struck with the boy's progress that he persuaded Davy's father to send him to a better school.

Mr. Sturges ... has hauled off this time and tossed a satire which is more cheeky than all the rest .... It's hard to imagine how he ever ... persuaded the Hays boys that he wasn't trying to undermine all morals.

To enlarge the new house, Walpole persuaded Mr Chicken, the tenant of a cottage next door, to move to another house in Downing Street.

An impassioned speech to parliament by Georgina Beyer, a transsexual and former sex worker, was believed by many observers to have persuaded several wavering MP's, possibly including Mr. Choudhary, to change their votes at the last minute.

The Reverend Jasper Newton Field, a Baptist pastor at Redlands, persuaded the Redlands Board of Trade to propose a donation of at least 100, 000 dollars and for an interdenominational campus ( on land donated by layman Mr. K. C.

In June 1996, Mr. Kahng persuaded a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. to buy 3, 000 of his computers rather than Apple's.

It was a Mr. Charles Taylor who discovered the ancient Arthurlee Cross being used as a gatepost on the estate and persuaded Henry Dunlop to rescue it.

Mary Sloan, a stewardess on the ship, whom Andrews persuaded to enter a lifeboat, later wrote in a letter: " Mr. Andrews met his fate like a true hero, realising the great danger, and gave up his life to save the women and children of the Titanic.

In my meeting with Mr. Mousavi I persuaded him to join the fray.

Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent was out of the country, but on returning, he persuaded Mr. Beaudoin to stay on until the end of the Parliament.

They persuaded a friend to play a former top CIA official (" Mr. Ed ") in meetings with LaRouche associates who, according to LaRouche group lawyers, came to believe that they had a direct line of communication to the White House and Kremlin through Mr. Ed and — as " a national resource in security matters "— were immune from prosecution.

Mr McIntosh then persuaded Margaret Thatcher to introduce grant-maintained schools, to stop interference from LEAs, chiefly those in inner London.

Upon Shrove Monday, the Queen was persuaded to go to Mr Controller's at the Tilt End, there was my Lady Leicester with a fair jewel of £ 300.

Barry later enters a tournament with Mr. Lee and Ms. Chan and finally sees his dreams fulfilled when Chuck Norris, originally only a guest at the tournament but persuaded by Lee to aid one of his most ardent fans, joins them as a team member.

It began life as a game called " Knights vs. Unicorns ", but the U. S. division of Universal persuaded the Japanese arm to modify the graphics into a Mr. Do!

Eventually, Allison is persuaded by the newly-established alliance between the Drapes and her grandmother to stand by Cry-Baby and join the campaign for his release (" Please, Mr. Jailer ").

The old town of Langton so offended the local dignitary Mr George Gavin that he persuaded the inhabitants to move the whole thing half a mile so he would not to look at the " dirty town ".

In 1959, Pakistan International Airlines ’ s then chief, Nur Khan, persuaded Mr Kureishi to join the national flag carrier and he was thereafter appointed head of PIA's new public relations department.

The Head of the Computer Science Department persuaded Mr Elz to transfer the administration of com. au names to the University ’ s subsidiary Melbourne IT, which he did by way of a non-exclusive licence, to be reviewed after five years.

After the mill was completed, Mr. Howland persuaded his partners to build a railway, to carry the sawn lumber to the CPR at Pakesley, although James Lauder and Joseph Spears thought the operation would run just as well without that additional expense.

The court said it was persuaded " on the balance of probabilities " ( the standard of proof in civil cases, meaning " more probable than not " i. e. strictly greater than 50 % probability ) that the Roundup Ready canola in Mr. Schmeiser's 1997 field had not arrived there by any of the accidental means, such as spillage from a truck or pollen travelling on the wind, that Mr. Schmeiser had proposed.

She had consented, on her father's representation that his life would be forfeited if she refused, when Mr Ratcliffe persuaded her to make use of the token which Elshie had given her, and escorted her to his dwelling.

He then persuaded Mrs. Effie Dennis to apply and she served until 1922 and retired.

One of Japan's top beauticians, Mrs. Aiko Yamano introduced the idea of mixing up perfumed olive oil with a bit of lanolin and persuaded women to pour a few drops into their navels before retiring.

In one he lived with Mrs Thompson, while Mrs Peace and her son, Willie, were persuaded to leave Hull and come to London to dwell in the other.

Joseph became interested in the economic theory of monetarism as formulated by Milton Friedman, and persuaded Mrs Thatcher to support it.

The clear implication is that the Magistrate believed Miss Cass was really guilty, but had persuaded Mrs. Bowman to perjure herself to secure her acquittal.

He persuaded Mrs Coolidge to finance the provision of free outdoor concerts in Greenwich Village.

In this novel there are echoes of the comedy of P. G. Wodehouse, with the hapless Ned being persuaded to get involved in clandestine activities in country houses, particularly sneaking Terence's dog Cyril into his room so he does not have to sleep in the stable, as Mrs. Mering has decreed.

Deprived of his prey twice, Norton turned to Mrs Franklin, who was soon persuaded to attempt the murder of her husband, after which she could be reunited with the wealthy and attractive Boyd Carrington.

He was persuaded by Republican Party insiders to run for mayor in 1983, to replace outgoing Republican mayor, Tom Moody ( 1972 – 1984 ).

He persuaded the Soviet government to fund an expedition to the Tunguska region, based on the prospect of meteoric iron that could be salvaged to aid Soviet industry.

The fort is named Fort Dobbs in honor of North Carolina Governor Arthur Dobbs, who persuaded the North Carolina legislature to fund the construction a year earlier.

He persuaded a group of like-minded investors to fund the construction of a railway line from King's Lynn to the town: the railway would bring tourists and visitors to Hunstanton.

Eventually the Indians persuaded City of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County voters to fund a new ballpark ( which became known as Jacobs Field ) through new taxes.

* The Ethics for USS ( the University Superannuation Scheme ) campaign persuaded the £ 20 billion lecturers ’ pension fund to adopt a socially responsible investment policy.

Harry, who had a distaste for conventional business and a generous trust fund, discouraged her from pursuing the business and persuaded her to close it.

He issued a $ 2, 000 reward offer for the Iron Mountain robbers ( the highest reward usually offered for criminals was $ 300 ) and persuaded the state legislature to provide $ 10, 000 for a secret service fund to track down the famous outlaws.

Calling on this old boy network, he persuaded two philanthropic organisations, the Carnegie Corporation and the Rockefeller Foundation to fund half the cost of the telescope.

It was this recognition and key financial support from the US that persuaded then Prime Minister Robert Menzies to agree to fund the rest of the project.

Hammer persuaded Occidental to fund the entire cost on the grounds that the museum would improve the company's prestige.

In 1986, Pinder persuaded the Victorian Tourism Commission to fund an overseas trip in order to visit other international comedy festivals and investigate the possibility of holding a festival in Melbourne.

Early impetus for the town's development came from Charles Edmund Newton Robinson, who persuaded his father, John Charles Robinson, art curator and collector, to fund the buying of land.

McCormick agreed to fund Pincus research into oral contraception and she and Pincus persuaded Dr. John Rock to conduct human trials.

To raise cash for his studies, he tried several jobs, including as a hedge fund trader for SAC capital, and was persuaded to become a photographic model in his spare time.

Young persuaded his police authority to fund a building programme that in six years would provide a police house for every married man in the county force ; the design and equipping of these houses was agreed between the county architects and a " housing committee ", recruited through the county Police Federation, not only of men of all ranks but, at Young's insistence, of officers ' wives.

At the same time, he persuaded his authority to fund major capital spending to sustain modern police efficiency.

Under Rondelet's chancellorship, the university attracted students from across France and abroad and received sponsorship from the French crown ; he persuaded King Henry II to fund the construction of an anatomy theatre in Montpellier.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1887 and persuaded the Society to fund 20 earthquake observatories around the world, equipped with his horizontal pendulum seismographs.

Peccei accordingly persuaded the Agnelli Foundation to fund a two-day brainstorming meeting on April 7 – 8, 1968 of around 30 European economists and scientists at the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome.

He became First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in December 1982 and, in that role, persuaded the British Government to fund the replacement of ships lost in the Falklands War.

Fieldhouse became First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff on 1 December 1982: in that role he persuaded the British Government to fund the replacement of ships lost in the Falklands War.

In 1947, along with Henry Roden and David Gross, he persuaded the Alaska Territorial Legislature to rename the Pioneers Trust Fund, a regional fund for elderly citizens, to the Pioneer Memorial Fund.

While a member of the advisory board of the United Church Orphanage, she had persuaded church officials to fund an experimental school modeled after such schools she had studied in England.