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Meanwhile, Laski's fame as British Socialism's most suasive intellectual polemicist grew steadily.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although AFL-CIO Boss George Meany, now 82, is hardly a per suasive personal advocate of early retirement, Big Labor has quietly opposed the Pepper bill.

From Time Magazine Archive

Her plottings are too tortuous to be entirely per suasive.

From Time Magazine Archive

"My dear," said Aunt Margaret, the next morning, speaking in her most suasive tone, "your Cousin Tom is to be allowed to call here."

From Ayala's Angel by Trollope, Anthony

Oliver Goldsmith was the most pure and suasive spirit of his age.

From Oliver Goldsmith by Buckland, E. S. Lang