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He promises the hand of his sister in marriage to the nephew of Sitalkes, who then persuades Sitalkes to leave Macedonia.
In this sense, the invisible hand is in its first stage, a sort of system of social pressure that persuades the wealthy to do, of their own volition, what the society around them requires.
Frustrated that Richard will not gain the earldom until Stephen's death, Aliena persuades William's young wife, Elizabeth, to hand the castle over to them.
He also has a hand in the birth of Two-Face ; infuriated by Harvey Dent's efforts to disrupt his operations -- and convinced that Dent is Holiday killer -- he persuades his former rival, Salvatore Maroni, to kill Dent while standing trial.
Ysandre wants to clear Phèdre's and Joscelin's names immediately, but Phèdre persuades her that to do so would be to reveal their hand too soon, and would let Isidore know that Ysandre knew of his betrayal.

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When she persuades him to blurt out the whole story, a twist is revealed — Charlotte's little sister is a school friend of Anne's.
Jack persuades his parents ( Diane Lane and Brian Kerwin ) to let him attend regular school, based upon a recommendation from his tutor, Mr. Woodruff ( Bill Cosby ).
" Jesus persuades John to baptize him nonetheless ( Matthew 3: 13-15 ).
When Macbeth arrives at Inverness, she overrides all of her husband ’ s objections by challenging his manhood, and successfully persuades him to kill the king that very night.
Cassio is distraught, but Iago persuades him to importune Desdemona to act as an intermediary between himself and Othello, and persuade her husband to reinstate him.
When his enemies do not fall for this ruse, he persuades them to drink with him instead.
On his deathbed, Mr. Dashwood extracts a promise from his son, that he will take care of his half-sisters ; however, John's selfish and greedy wife, Fanny, soon persuades him to renege.
David then persuades Saul to reconcile with him ; the two swear never to harm one another.
She is appearing in a sideshow and persuades him that life isn't all negative being their size.
One morning, after instructing Ramon to tell the others not to worry about him, McKay rides to the Big Muddy, using a map and compass to navigate the terrain, and persuades Julie to sell him her land by promising to continue her policy of allowing both the Terrills and the Hannasseys access to the river.
The expertise of Ryan's report, plus the application, persuades Admiral Greer to offer him a permanent job in the CIA, but Ryan turns it down.
Penny persuades Mary that her career is more important than whatever attraction she might have felt for Steve and Steve ’ s colleague persuades him that the connection he had with Mary was just the result of pre-wedding nerves.
Gianni Lotteringhi hears a knocking at his door at night: he awakens his wife, who persuades him that it is a werewolf, which they fall to exorcising with a prayer ; whereupon the knocking ceases.
* Real Life ( 1979 ) where a pushy, narcissistic filmmaker persuades a Phoenix family to let him and his crew film their everyday lives.
After Helen persuades him that " Don the writer " and " Don the drunk " are the same person, Don finally commits to writing his novel The Bottle, dedicated to Helen, which will recount the events of the weekend.
Anne appears in three scenes in William Shakespeare's Richard III, in the early scenes when Richard persuades her to marry him, in one brief scene just before Richard's coronation, and towards the end of the play as a ghost.
His wife, Parysatis, persuades him to appoint his younger son, Cyrus, as satrap ( governor ) of Lydia, Phrygia, and Cappadocia and commander in chief of the Achaemenian forces in Asia Minor in place of Tissaphernes.
With all seemingly lost, Buster persuades Reana to join him and try to destroy the Stone-Like.
However, the emissary reveals the plot to Nicomedes and persuades him to rebel against his father.
Dürrenmatt also added a new scene, where Lucius arrives at the Goth camp and persuades their leader, Alarich, to help him.
* Scipio Africanus persuades the Roman Senate to continue the war against Antiochus III by making him the chief commander and allowing him and his brother, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus, to follow Antiochus into Anatolia.

persuades and gun
Kyeong-pil persuades Sung-shik to lay down the gun and for the two to flee with a false alibi of being kidnapped, before throwing away the evidence that he and Woo-jin were fraternizing with Southern soldiers.

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Saul persuades David that the bride price would only be 100 foreskins from the Philistines ; he secretly hopes that David will be slain trying to achieve this.
When Mary ’ s friend and colleague Penny ( Judy Greer ) arrives she persuades Steve to attend an outdoor movie screening with them at the park, only to make up an excuse to leave the pair alone.
Pitman persuades the King to move permanently to the Isle of Wight, where his only duty is to appear regularly on the balcony of a half-size replica ( but with double glazing ) of Buckingham Palace for the paying visitors to see.
In Brief Lives, she persuades a man to give the dancer Tiffany money, when Tiffany would later be the only mortal to survive the explosion of the building in which she was dancing ; in The Kindly Ones, she knows full well that her brother is in trouble and unsuccessfully tries to persuade him to help her find Barnabas ; also, when read the quote ' Quoth the Raven ', from Edgar Allan Poe's poem, " The Raven ", she says ' Whatever ', which, down to the pronounced ' ev ' had been and would be said by Matthew the Raven throughout the book.
However, another guest at the pension, an Anglican clergyman named Mr. Beebe, persuades the pair to accept the offer, assuring Miss Bartlett that Mr. Emerson only meant to be kind.
However, the Mediator Charlie, who represents the minority view from Mote Prime, persuades the Commission to establish a permanent blockade of the system's only worthwhile exit through the Alderson point, allowing the Moties to survive with the seemingly endless Cycles, until such time as the humans can find a cure for their birth rate, something " sane " Moties think impossible.
Shambu persuades her that he'll be gone for three months only and it would benefit his family and the new born baby.
While reluctantly on her way to the Grey Havens, she has a prescient vision of Eldarion as a little boy ( although Eldarion's name is only mentioned in the closing credits ), which persuades her to stay.
In 2006, he wrote an opinion piece for the Daily Telegraph, saying that Islam " is the only faith on Earth that persuades its followers to seek political power and impose a law — sharia — which shapes everyone's style of life " adding that Islam " forbids " Muslims from conforming with British society.
" She persuades him to kiss her, although Adonis is not very interested, thinking he is too young, and cares only for hunting.
The only restriction acceptable in a majoritarian system is that a current majority has no right to prevent a different majority emerging in the future ( this could happen, for example, if a minority persuades enough of the majority to change its position ).
Betty persuades her that he is only using her since it has been arranged by his parents for him to marry Deb, a girl more of his social standing.
Even more important, the company that persuades a customer to forgo checks not only saves money but often earns that customer's loyalty.
Abrom is not keen on helping them until Kirk persuades him that it is their only chance for success.
Crusader persuades 3-D Man to take a Quinjet and get help, but only because it would take him out of range of his ring's influence.
Edward is forced to agree to this and banishes Gaveston to Ireland, but Isabella of France, the Queen, who still hopes for his favour, persuades Mortimer, who later becomes her lover, to argue for his recall, though only so that he may be more conveniently murdered.
In the end, Ramsey persuades him to stay, telling him that he is the only one who can function at Ramsey's level, and that he would not be able to reach his full potential anywhere else.
He even persuades Nicole to drive him back to his hotel, where the only thing he ends up stealing from her is a kiss.
During the Coronation Ball ( to which she was invited by Nicholas ,) she persuades Nicholas to draw up a contract in which he confesses his and the Germans ' intent, but only if the Prince agrees to a general election.
Led by Jim Farrell, they successfully sneak up to the First Class restaurant, where Farrell persuades the Sergeant-at-Arms to allow the women — but only the women — to pass up to the boat deck.
However, Rosie persuades him to rethink his decision, convincing him that Sally does love him and is only having the affair so that she can pay her tuition fees.
After pretending to have only a passing interest in the sport, Gil persuades Rayburn to play a friendly game of catch on the beach.
While away, Zoe contacts Little Mo, the only other member of the family who did not know about Zoe's parentage, who persuades Zoe to come home, but after another argument with Kat, Zoe leaves again.

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