Mr. Rendell persuaded residents to see hope where none seemed to exist.

The students knocked on doors and tried to persuade wary residents to take back their county.

Later he knocked on doors to persuade residents living near the ocean to leave for higher ground.

They persuaded nearby residents, including prominent ones, to open their homes and allow strangers to dine with them.

Money spent on improving services avoids the difficult reality of persuading residents that Norilsk, like other northern cities, cannot sustain a large population.

City officials trying to persuade residents the law will not be abused have been unable to extinguish the fire ignited by its passage.

Part of his job is to persuade local officials and residents to allow a 150,000-barrel-a-day refinery in their backyard - no small task.

Unfortunately, Fern died in 1920 of diabetes before he could persuade residents of the need for a permanent city hall.

Industry officials are trying to persuade jittery residents that the stations in their midst are not dangerous.

Eleanor Fisher persuaded local residents to come in and read to kids during school holidays.