No one is ever persuaded out of their convictions; the most precise, Vulcan-esque logic is not going to exorcise someone of his or her love for Trump.
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"I admired her from afar," Wes Gordon, the designer, said of his date, Donna Tartt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who is not a regular on the fashion circuit (and persuaded out of her customary trousers for an evening).
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Within a couple of years former SPD members had been persuaded out of positions of influence within the new party which had soon become the East German Communist Party by another name. In 1948 Gerhard Benkowitz joined the country's ruling SED (party), probably on "professional grounds".
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Chuang’s parents divorced when she was just a baby, and her grandparents adopted her. When she began boxing in school, she lied to her grandmother so as not to be persuaded out of the sport. Chuang began to box in the hopes of landing a university scholarship. As she excelled as a boxer, she completed her objective and attended the National Taiwan University of Sport.
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309 Welsh found Long Hill a poor distraction and thought of joining the British forces, but was persuaded out of the idea by Fanny.Gallimore (2006), p. 312 Instead he joined the United States Army, serving as a lieutenant and was consigned to the Walter Reed Hospital where he helped rehabilitate disabled veterans. In 1918 Welsh was struggling with Long Hill and decided he wanted rid of it.
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Soon afterwards, the MCC decided to support Surrey and cancelled Laker's honorary membership.Swanton, 92 Both were eventually restored. Surrey reinstated his free entry pass in 1964 and the MCC his honorary membership in 1967.Hill, 175 In 1962, Laker was "persuaded" out of retirement by his old England team-mate Trevor Bailey and, as an amateur, played in twenty matches for Essex before retiring for good in 1964.
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Painter announced his retirement from boxing after his victory over Spring, and became the landlord of The Anchor in Lobster Lane, Norwich, where he lived for many years. He was persuaded out of retirement for a final contest against Tom Oliver on 17 July 1820, which Painter won. He died at his son's home in Lakenham, Norwich, on 18 September 1852, and was buried at St Peters in Lakenham four days later.
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Hugh Emerson is a former Gaelic footballer for Laois. He made his debut for Laois in 1992 as an 18-year-old against Meath and starred in a memorable victory that day. With his long hair and powerful frame, he was one of the darlings of the Laois supporters throughout the 1990s. He won a Leinster Senior Football Championship medal with Laois in 2003, having been persuaded out of his retirement announced in 2001.
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All seems lost until the army, under the command of the general Sheftu persuaded out of retirement, as well as a large number of nobles, priests, and others storm the palace. The rebellion is successful, and Thutmose takes the throne, allowing Hatshepsut to die by her own hand (she drinks a goblet of poison). The sun rises on a new day for Egypt as Sheftu and Mara go home to Sheftu's grand house on the river.
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Symmons and Myers, along with Vic Goddard, were founding members of the Subway Sect. During the recording of the first Subway Sect album, manager Bernie Rhodes sacked the band except for singer-songwriter Goddard. Myers went on to play bass with Steve Jones and Paul Cook in the Professionals. Symmons, unable to retrieve his guitar from the band lockup, gave up professional music for over twenty years until persuaded out of retirement by old friend, Rob Green.
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He then served as Secretary General of Ireland's Foreign Ministry from 1987 until his retirement in 1995. He was persuaded out of retirement on two occasions, becoming the Irish foreign minister's personal representative for both the intergovernmental conferences which negotiated the Amsterdam Treaty (1997) and the Nice Treaty (2000).A discreet diplomat who keeps being wooed out of retirement, Irish Times, 30 June 2001. In 2001, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws (LLD) by his alma mater, NUI Galway.
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Isle of Man Weekly Times 8 June 1935 In 1937 at Brooklands race track Handley won a race with a fastest lap at 107.57 mph on a 500 cc BSA Empire Star using alcohol as fuel. Handley had been persuaded out of retirement specially for the three lap race, which meant eight miles at top speed on the uneven and deteriorating banked oval track. It took skill and experience to win and Handley was awarded one of the traditional Gold Star badges. This inspired BSA to produce the BSA Gold Star.
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Detroit went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1943, and Goodfellow's name was engraved on the Cup for a third and final time. He was one of the last NHL players to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup as both player and coach as league rules changed and playing coaches were eliminated. Goodfellow retired to the private sector the following season after knee problems began to slow him down. At the start of the 1947-48 season he was persuaded out of retirement by the St. Louis Flyers of the American Hockey League (AHL).
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He just wanted to remain heard after leaving Destiny-Pride, Inc. In 1970, he received a scholarship from the George Washington University in which he studied in the Business Administration after he was persuaded out of the Divinity School because “blacks always go into something like that”. He then left GWU to work with Common Cause to help ratify the 18-year old vote; his participation in this movement derailed his tenure at GWU. Mayfield also received a contract with the Minneapolis Star where the ran a weekly column called “‘A Voice from the Ghetto’ by Rufus ‘Catfish’ Mayfield”.
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During his time at Stockport he played at Wembley four times, however he lost on each occasion. Ward was also renowned for his set pieces and his tough tackling. Ward then saw out his professional career with Welsh side Wrexham with whom he helped reach the FA Cup quarter-finals in 1997, and played in the side that missed out on reaching the League One play-off's on goal difference in 1997/98. Ward retired from playing in the summer of 1999, but he was persuaded out of retirement to make one appearance for Football Conference side Morecambe in a 1–2 home defeat by Kingstonian in October 1999.
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The issue was that his residence, although in Paddington and only 10 minutes walk from the club's ground, happened to be in the East Sydney district and he was living there up until the day before the match. Upon learning of the mistake, Baird had to move to Waverley in order to meet the residential qualifications, but this meant the one-month requirement was now applied. Citing disgust at how things had unfolded and anticipating further protests, Baird resigned from Paddington, but was persuaded out of retirement and once he was ruled eligible to play resumed his career. It was decided that the match between Sydney and Paddington would be replayed later in the season.
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Makélélé was first capped for France in a match against Norway in July 1995, and went on to represent his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Makélélé was not selected for France's 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 successes, making his tournament debut at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, where he started the team's final Group A match against Denmark. At UEFA Euro 2004, Makélélé was a first choice player in midfield, starting in three of France's four matches. Makélélé decided to retire from international football in September 2004 in order to focus on club football with Chelsea, but 11 months later, in August 2005, he and compatriots Zinedine Zidane and Lilian Thuram were persuaded out of retirement to help France qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
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This picture, taken on the occasion of a high profile state visit by Fidel Castro, shows the Cuban and East German leaders studying a map of Cuba while Friedrich Ebert and Werner Lamberz look on supportively. Because there is a wall behind the people it has even been possible, here, to top off the entire composition with a portrait of Lenin. He became a candidate for Politburo membership in 1970 and a Politburo member just eight months later, in 1971, the appointment being announced at the Eighth Party Conference in June 1971. The 1971 Party Conference was significant for another reason: Walter Ulbricht had finally been persuaded out of most of his offices a couple of months earlier and, with the encouragement of General Secretary Brezhnev, June 1971 marked the dawn of the Honecker era.
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But for the first Test, Hutton did not include a spinner in the team and chose to bowl on winning the toss, an unusual strategy in Australia. The home side scored 601, England dropped 12 catches and, with the key players Evans and Compton injured, lost by an innings; the press blamed Hutton for choosing to bowl.Howat, p. 153. Despite the result, Hutton saw potential in Frank Tyson's bowling and arranged for Alf Gover, a respected coach who was in Australia as a journalist, to improve and shorten Tyson's run to the wicket.Howat, p. 154. For the second Test, Hutton left out the unfit Alec Bedser, England's most reliable bowler since the war, to include two spinners,Howat, p. 155. but in a low-scoring game, Tyson made the difference and England won by 38 runs. Hutton was unwell before the third Test, suffering from fibrositis and a heavy cold, and had to be persuaded out of bed by members of his team.
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