This year he persuaded franchisees to update the system's beds, bedcovers and skirts, and towels.
He persuaded Libya's Muammar Qaddafi to hand over the perpetrators of the Lockerbie bombing.
He persuaded tens of thousands of right-wing paramilitaries to disband, albeit under a flawed agreement.
He persuaded Wolfgang Puck to open Postrio, then got Emeril Lagasse to open Delmonico.
He persuaded himself it was desirable the meeting should take place and he took that risk.
He persuaded hundreds of elected officials to sign his pledge never to raise taxes.
As Minister for Aerospace in 1973, he persuaded other governments to invest in Concorde.
He persuaded local restaurants to adapt their menus, so dishes had 150% to 200% lower calories.
Overcoming resistance from old-timers, he persuaded his boss to let him try something new.
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As prime minister he persuaded the British nation to continue to do battle against incredible odds.
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He persuaded most of the unionized workers that avoiding rigid job definitions was in their own interests.
Once out, he persuaded music instrument retailer Furtados to sponsor the gig and donate equipment for prisoners' use.
He persuaded his firm to extend his health insurance for six months before the COBRA clock started ticking.
It was a gutsy move, given the liberal nature of the undergraduates he persuaded to vote his way.
One Christmas he persuaded a shop to use white lights for its big displays instead of coloured ones.
He persuaded scores of them to defect, leading to accusations that he had paid them to do so.
Soon after Mr Noda was named prime minister, he persuaded Mr Koshiishi to become secretary-general of the party.
He persuaded El Biz's owner, JC Resorts, to sponsor him in a bid for gold at the Bocuse bake-off.
After much campaigning, he thought he persuaded his management team that upgrading the menu was the thing to do.
He persuaded Deschanel to form a band with him and record an album.
Silicon Valley was, so he persuaded the paper to send him to San Francisco to write about emerging technology.
He persuaded members of Weston's circle to part with more than 400 prints.
He persuaded officials to ignore certain disputed ballots, tilting the vote his way.
He persuaded the Labour Party to abandon many of its long-held left-wing convictions.
He persuaded Winfrey to double her on-air time in 2009, before the launch.
Eventually he persuaded Jagger to forego the Rio beach gig for a double date at New York's Beacon Theatre.
First, he persuaded Li to approve his classes and to provide the classrooms.
Determined to outbid Mr Gorbachev as a reformer, he persuaded liberals to overcome their distrust of his provincial manners.
He persuaded two teachers from the school to take him on the four-hour trek. from the capital to the mines.
That night, he persuaded his mother to go to sleep a little earlier than usual, before going to bed himself.
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