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If all goes to plan, they will have persuaded more than 80 artists to submit work based on extinct birds for an exhibition to be held in November.

From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2011

"You think it more likely that Miss Wade will have persuaded Sebastian to confess to things that never happened than that he will convince you of Yorke-Bannerman's innocence?"

From Hilda Wade, a Woman with Tenacity of Purpose by Allen, Grant