He also sought to cajole governments into promising that no American would ever be delivered into the ICC's clutches.

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Meanwhile, the states have been using old laws, audits, new laws and deals to cajole merchants into collecting their levies.

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Inside, from 5 a.m. to midnight, 200 telemarketers, trained to cajole callers into disgorging a credit card number, work the phones.

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Mr Chavez now has the power as well as the authority to cajole Venezuelans into accepting that their oil- fuelled, state-dominated economy has failed them.

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Children under 18 are seized at checkpoints, and government-affiliated militia use sectarian affiliation, kinship systems and cash to cajole children into their ranks, the paper notes.

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The Bank and the Fund also believe that the conditions they place on debt relief cajole countries into beneficial policy reforms, such as putting a higher priority on health and education.

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One of the most frequently employed dark arts is the sting, where a reporter assumes a fake identity in order to coax or cajole a public figure into saying something interesting or incriminating.

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He may have proven his ability to charm, cajole and bully fellow Europeans into a show of unity.

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But anything that can cajole or entice more young women into staying in school and delaying pregnancy improves their chances of never going on welfare (and, of course, of earning much more than the current generation of working single mums).

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And Mr Cardoso must cajole or bludgeon the governors of the country's 27 states into making their own economies.

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