The study has marshaled some fairly compelling evidence to support the contention that American managers do make fewer long-term investments than their peers in Japan or Europe.

Also, "Alex," the recent Harvard grad in the piece, made a fairly compelling case to me that just taking the drugs once or twice doesn't reveal that much about the experience.

"There is a fairly compelling need to be competitive with other states," he said.

"From what I've heard so far, the story is fairly compelling,"' said Drew Peck, analyst with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York.

In time, however, democracy prevailed, with results that made a fairly compelling argument for fascism.

The Washington Post revelations, which Ms. Albright declared to be "fairly compelling," were not the first inkling of her Jewish roots.

Which is probably just as well, since there is some fairly compelling evidence against her, evidence good enough to secure a guilty verdict the first time around.

"Taking the evidence together, this presents fairly compelling evidence that there was transmission from the attendant to the crew members," Dr. Hinman said in an interview.

"I call this soft evidence, but to me it's fairly compelling," he said.