But it worked well in the end, and may persuade other companies to try something similar.

The vice president said he would try to persuade the company to reverse its decision.

Having put up some of the money himself, he persuaded local companies to donate materials.

He persuaded the company to revive the material and used it for an important part of his fall collection.

Sales were fairly good - not great, but strong enough to persuade the company to branch out even more.

And he tries to persuade the company to give people enough time for their wounds to heal before they return to work.

The group persuaded the company to remove the Web pages of 7,000 known sexual predators.

German diplomats said it took two years of pressure to persuade the company to return to Bosnia.

Opponents have been trying to persuade the company to accept an alternative site, about a mile away and well off the main road.

By all accounts, no one was better at persuading companies to list their shares on the exchange.