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Muhammad himself fostered this idea and, for years, tried to convince his family that he, Elijah of Gilead, and the 7th century prophet Muhammad were one and the same.

One of the surest signs of our sincerity would be to withdraw a few brigades. It would convince the nations in the region that we're not there to stay, not an occupation power. Second is the notice to the Iraq government that they're going to have to start shouldering more responsibility, that our presence there is not infinite.

One of the surest signs of our sincerity would be to withdraw a few brigades, ... It would convince the nations in the region that we're not there to stay, not an occupation power. Second is the notice to the Iraq government that they're going to have to start shouldering more responsibility, that our presence there is not infinite.

One of our goals was to talk to all the cities and see if we could convince everybody to do kind of a regional facility.

One of the assumptions that divides institutions of faith from those based on politics and international agreements is the automatic assumption that you have to teach me spirituality, that you have to give me a moral center, that you must convince me there's more to development than economic mechanisms.

No one is going to convince me that if a bunch of white faces had been paraded out there, that the results of this would not have been different. Certainly, the issue of economics and race played a factor in this. When it comes down to it, there is an us and them. And I don't know how to change that.

My concern is that we must convince the state to proceed with widening of Route 9 sometime in the future to ... relieve congestion,

My goal is to convince this Board to let the Corps stay, so we can stay and try to appease the local contractors, which is the right thing to do. If I can't do it, I fail and we leave.

Maybe, but you have to be able to convince your players that it's harder to get back there the second time. What happens is, during the off-season, the players all of a sudden are in more demand than ever before. They're invited to more golf tournaments, they make more appearances and, all of a sudden, instead of doing all the work in the off-season program, they start missing a few days and they're not as into it the same way they were prior to the year when they got there.

Now they tell their patients to go to hospital emergency rooms if they get sick. We hope to make one-on-one visits with area doctors and convince them to refer their patients after hours to be seen.

New Hampshire deserves to be congratulated for not buying this fraud. The other side keeps trying to convince the states that these are just self-defense bills, but they go far beyond just protecting one's home.

Policy makers are doing their best to try and convince market participants that there is a benign resolution to all our problems. That may not be the case.

Political parties have to convince people that there is a real reason to vote and that will re-engage them in politics.

Nicotine addiction is such a powerful force that even the heartbreak of watching a family member die of lung cancer often isn't enough to convince smokers to quit.

One of the old favorites always is the catfish tank. Kids can catch a catfish and they can release it or, if they can convince mother, they can take it home and fry it up.

One of the reasons I disclosed my condition is because it is much easier to live with MS than to pretend you don't have it. If I could convince everyone of that, my job here is done.

I was sure that ordinary people here would react as human beings when the tape was broadcast, that the video tape would finally convince Serbs of what happened in Srebrenica. And many people did contact me to tell me how shocked they were.

I would do a Byrds tour or a Byrds record in a minute. I miss that band now. I've tried to convince Roger over and over to do it, but he's not interested. Music isn't something you can legislate into being.

If we haven't reached a complete resolution up until now, that only encourages us to continue struggling, trying to convince people of the benefits of a migration deal, which is greatly in the interests of the United States and Mexico.

If the Roberts confirmation is a foregone conclusion, why look like a knee-jerk obstructionist? ... Its far better to preserve the appearance of being fair-minded and try to convince the president he has a chance to get your vote if he nominates someone to your liking. It also gives you the ability to oppose the next nominee with greater credibility.

If the Roberts' confirmation is a foregone conclusion, why look like a knee-jerk obstructionist? ... It's far better to preserve the appearance of being fair-minded and try to convince the president he has a chance to get your vote if he nominates someone to your liking. It also gives you the ability to oppose the next nominee with greater credibility.

If they do fire (Hall), I think the fair thing to do would be to have Sean Elsbernd resign and have Newsom appoint Hall as the supervisor for District 7, ... And then try to convince Tony Hall to forgo the severance package.

If they can convince people with money that, yes, you're spending $20 more here, but we offer products you can't get elsewhere, perhaps it will work.

I have called Maldini to try and convince him to return, but he has asked me to respect his decision to retire. From our point of view, we won't be asking him again.

I don't feel it's necessary to convince people of anything. I'll just tell people the truth.

I'd like to see Larry Suffredin go down to New Orleans and try to convince homeowners to give up their guns,

I'd like to see it convince others to do it like we do. It was the most amazing thing I've ever been a part of in my whole life. I think everyone should feel that way about prom.

I do not want to convince Christians to work for the abolition of war, but rather I want us to live recognizing that in the cross of Christ, war has been abolished.

I am confident that I can convince them.

CAS functioned in the way we have come to expect of them. Once the offense is established, then the onus goes on the athlete to convince the panel that there was no fault or no significant fault. The panel found no significant fault.

But the room for maneuver for both leaderships is bigger than what they really think, and I think once they take brave decisions then they can convince their peoples to go along and to support them,

Bubba showed some signs. It took a little time for Donnie (Mattingly) to convince me that he was a different hitter. Again, he's not a world-beater but the fact he's made some adjustments offensively certainly made him an option in postseason play and in important games down the stretch, which never would have been an option before.

Bubba showed some signs, ... It took a little time for Donnie (Mattingly) to convince me that he was a different hitter. Again, he's not a world-beater but the fact he's made some adjustments offensively certainly made him an option in postseason play and in important games down the stretch, which never would have been an option before.

Building our women's line was a challenge. We had to convince licensees and retail partners this was a valid business. But now it's growing exponentially. I see heads with pink hats all over the stands at football games.

But first I'm going to have to convince them of that.

I feel we can justify every dollar of this. I think our job now is to convince the county commissioners, and enlist the support of the public in convincing the county commissioners, how important it is we get this budget approved.

I feel so bad about that. That's not enough, but I couldn't convince the publisher to print a 500-page children's book.

I did it in crude way ? 'Let's see what she has to say.' I was hopeful she could convince me, ... I thought about it more and was just uncomfortable that I knew something. Integrity is at the heart of the game. I don't think she cheated. I think she was just hasty.

Given the attitude of the French and the Germans, I don't think there's anything we can do that will convince them, because I don't think they want to be convinced.

I failed to convince President Nixon that morning and the rest, as they say, is history.

I don't view this as an extreme kind of activity, but it's very hard to convince people that this isn't reckless.

Given these facts, protecting the Saudi regime by eliminating any public penalty for the support given to terrorists from within its borders would be a mistake. If we are to protect our national security, we must convince the Saudi regime to get tough on terror.

For months I'd been trying to convince myself, by convincing everybody back home, that in the crucible of war I'd made that great transition,

I go every day trying to convince everybody that I'm going to play on Sunday. That's the attitude I've got this week, until I hear otherwise.

He'd have to do enough to convince himself that he can actually play the game without putting himself, the hamstring at risk.

He has to convince me about this every time it comes up.

He is interested but it is down to being able to convince Celtic to sell him.

He has some time, maybe six to nine months, to convince Americans we are on a clear path to a stable, democratic Iraq. If that remains unclear by next summer, the attacks by Democrats will become unrestrained and Republicans will be running for cover.

He has shown enormous personal attributes and the professional competence which is needed to do the job well, so I think he would be an outstanding choice if they can convince him to do the job. But he either wants to do the job or not and I don't think you can force people to go down that road.

He got down on himself and so the biggest thing I think I had to do with him was convince him that what we do throughout the year is only to get him ready for the end of the season. You have to be able to rebound from those losses, and he's done a good job since.

He looks a lot better, a lot stronger, a year older, a year more mature physically. You don't have to convince me.

He may try to go to school in Poland. He was a major part of our greatest year and obviously, if he had come back, we'd be a top 20 team this year. There had to be a deadline. A lot of coaches might have done everything they could to convince him to come back, but I felt that because he was still wavering at such a late date, if he's not sure he should be here than he probably shouldn't be here.

He manages to convince them that they need to do something. He puts the idea of attacking the United States into their head.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

The purpose of our Importance of Education Campaign is to convince youth and their parents of the benefits of doing well in school, graduating from high school, enrolling in college and graduating from college.

The people who are here are here because they are committed to making sure that we all work together for the betterment of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States. Frankly, I find that most of the people here have already made up their minds. Most of the people here are pretty politically involved one way or another and they already have got their commitments. I am not sure that I will convince a lot of voters today.

We've been trying to convince them to come on board and do a centralized system for quite some time.

We just have to convince (Collins) that there's activity at the position other than just throwing your big body at somebody to block him. But he's adapted to it pretty well. He's still working at it, but he's on track.

When he went in 2001, it was almost exclusively military people. He was trying to convince them of the need for reform. Now, if he's bringing technocrats, he's trying to give examples of how reforms could take place.

We can change the minds of people in Washington and convince them that immigrants have an important role in America.

To explain responsibility to advertising men is like trying to convince an eight-year-old that sexual intercourse is more fun than a chocolate ice cream cone.

To convince the people in that situation to change your currency -- say farewell to your own currency and go for the project when you can see that you are performing better, we are performing better -- that's not easy.

What you can see, time and time again, is that the predators will adapt their means to whatever the young people are doing whether it's malls, whether it's ski slopes, whether it's beaches. Predators are going to do everything in their power to try to convince young girls, young boys, to come with them and enter this particular lifestyle.

What we were trying to convince the court was that the rules shouldn't be changed in the middle of the counting of the votes in an election; that the rules going in should be the rules coming out.

He's got to come in here and convince everyone that he's an independent person. Everybody who has brought up his name brought up connections to the chancellor.

His problem is that he has to convince people in his own party that he can be a better candidate than Sarkozy, who is president of the party.

He's been awesome. I think especially for the younger guys, it's been great having him show us the way. He's a great leader. We really hope he comes back. I think he's meant a lot to us, and he's been playing great hockey, too. So, we definitely hope to see him back. I'll try to talk to him and convince him.

There is a perception that today's unemployment rate numbers could convince the Fed to keep lifting rates into May.

There is an argument that both sides are simply going through the motions to convince the international community they have exhausted peaceful options but that both really have decided conflict is inevitable.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own

We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle,

He was restarting his life out there. We were trying to convince him to come back and put the uniform on again, and we were getting close.

He was restarting his life out there. He was thinking about getting married again. We were trying to convince him to come back and put the uniform on again, and we were getting close.

He was afraid he was going to be placed in some kind of concentration camp. We had to convince him he was a free man,

He conveyed that to (co-owner) Ken Wagner. Ken stopped in Vancouver and met with Shaun and his father on Sunday morning, hoping to convince him on the merits of being a Nanaimo Clipper.

He just wants to tell everyone it has nothing to do with the city or the fans. He saw the Toronto Blue Jays getting big names and saw all the teams spending money and we don't do anything. He feels he wants to give more to Baltimore fans. He doesn't want to be traded. He loves Baltimore and the fans. If the front office doesn't convince him they want to win, then he wants a trade.

I would say that the reports we've had on the labor market over the past three months are more than enough to convince us that the recovery in the labor market is truly in place,

John is held in high regard by the Chinese government and if anyone can convince them to move more rapidly on adjusting upwards the exchange rate it is John.

I think that (high inflation readings) would be almost the last straw to convince the Fed.

I was a strange, dark little dude. I fell in love with horror movies, at a very early age. Somehow, as a first grader, I was able to convince my parents to let me go see stuff like 'An American Werewolf in London' in theaters, so I was headed in that direction anyway.

I think that every time you play anyone in a tournament, you focus on their best games. You don't have to convince anybody of how good any of these teams are.

It is not an easy market to convince the populace that an arena deal actually works, and to make sense out of what everybody's receiving in the thing.

It is our contractual right to seek mediation as a tool to convince the parties to fulfill their obligations as set forth in the contract that was agreed to more than a year ago.

I think that's the way you have to do it. Basketball is a team sport. If you convince guys to play together, you can play with anyone at that higher level. I really think it's a great angle for coaches to look at." ()

It is hard to convince them to change 180 degrees. I hope it will happen. You know they are very radical and it is hard to convince them.

I weed out the obvious ones that no one will convince me to show. My first rule is that it has to be a film you would want to see again.

I was able to convince him that this was in his best interests. We're very excited about it.

I will be here as long as it takes. I might have to convince a few cynics, but I've never fallen out of love with football.

I will convince the party that I have the best approach, the best experience and the best vision for the country.

I think there's some disappointment in some players because it was an opportunity for them to try to convince me that they belong on our roster for the World Cup. Most did not have a strong argument; some did.

Our group is trying to convince the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) to make its deregistration rules more flexible.

Our biggest challenge is to convince the regulators that we are not throwing the baby out with the bathwater by using a Bayesian approach. It is rigorous and we are not losing science by using it.

People who see no gray tend to convince others to follow them. If someone talks with great conviction and joy, people tend to agree with them.

State government is facing real fiscal challenges. We have to show legislators that we can provide a good return on their investment. We need to convince them that when you invest in health care and biomedical research, you are investing in the state's economy and in the health and welfare of its citizens.

Some of the December strength and January weakness appears to be related to Y2K precautions; the (Federal Open Market Committee) will need a lot more evidence of a slowdown in consumer spending than this to convince them that further tightening is not warranted,

Some of them seem to convince themselves that this is a relationship.

Terrorists convince thousands of people to kill themselves in the name of God. I can't convince two of my friends to help me move.

My thing is trying to convince them they can win, ... Anything that happens that's good, they think, 'Oh, it's an accident, when is the roof caving in?' You've got to get them out of that mental framework.

My theory is simply that there is no way you should ever shut off the engine. I do play to win as much as I can, for my kids. We play to win. But I can't convince them - and I should be able to at this point - that you have to play 40 minutes to win. You can't go to sleep. You cannot go to sleep.

NASA does a great job of communicating with people who are already predisposed to support portions of the agency's programs. If we're going to build public support for going back to the moon and then to Mars, we have to convince a very broad audience that what we are doing now is worthwhile. Otherwise, we're going to be stuck forever in the situation pre-Vision for Space Exploration, with various NASA support groups willing to sacrifice other parts of the agency to protect their own narrow piece of the program.