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Orban is about to find out how persuasive the US president can be.

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She’s persuasive when she remains within her comfort zone, opining on race, gender and, occasionally, class.

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The evidence for both near-death experiences and childhood memories of previous lives is persuasive in terms of the credibility of the sources and verified facts, but much of it is strongly suggestive instead of dispositive.

And it included dicta — a nonbinding observation that can be cited as a “persuasive authority” in future litigation — that planted the seeds for preclearance’s demise.

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The author acknowledges the risk of anthropomorphizing but finds the totality of evidence persuasive.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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