It was also designed to persuade Congress to reject new aid to the contras.

They said that would keep the process alive and give them a chance to persuade some senators to reject the nominee.

It seemed clear that the public outcry would persuade the commissioners to reject the plan.

But how do you persuade people to reject the appeal of mysticism?

Today, two liberal groups made it plain that they would undertake efforts to persuade the Senate to reject the nomination.

Apparently, this persuaded him not to reject ideas which were doubted.

The inspector must persuade the ranchers to reject a plan to burn the land and support a new process of chemical spraying from an airplane.

Their only hope is to try to persuade the agencies to reject it.

I'm working on the assumption we can persuade them to reject them.

The drug companies were said by opponents to have spent $35 million to persuade voters to reject the measure, although the industry would not release the total.