Sentences with word «cajoling»

Lawmakers, gullible through the scientific ignorance they share with some within the community, are then cajoled into not taking action even though there is scientific certainty about the fundamental premises

Spinky is in a terribly bad mood — as we all are occasionally — and no amount of tender cajoling by his family can change it.

But at a City Council budget hearing on Monday, Mr. Ponte said they did, although it took a bit of cajoling from council members who pressed him to reveal the names of those who advised him on the use of the S.U.V.

After some well - meaning cajoling from my wife Ellen, I set up a new year meeting with Norman, one of Morton Fraser's pension advisers.

His legislative accomplishments as governor — same - sex marriage legalization, a gun control law, increases in the state's minimum wage — came after cajoling Republicans in the chamber, who hold a narrow majority there and have had to share power with the Independent Democratic Conference.

Using these programs, we can close as fast as 7 days if necessary, although we certainly prefer not to, as it requires a lot of cajoling with respect to our appraisers.

It seems I just needed to do some zombie cajoling for Sprog 1's birthday party: «Shouldn't be too tricky, some green face paint, a couple of fake, open wounds...» I mean, how can you feel blah suggesting that?

Can't cajole people into it, can't bribe them into it, can't threaten them into it... you can only help them see the writing on the wall and use that vision to create value through the kind of agile, innovative thinking that these environments can produce.

To get things done, you need to wrangle disparate interests, build a team and use influence to literally cajole people into your camp.

Some dogs can be cajoled out of their fear by making going up and down steps into a game.

«Trump has demonstrated he can get a lot done with bluster and cajoling on Twitter, so why would he need to negotiate?»

Another aspect of God - talk that must go is that which looks to God as a source of super-human power, who can be persuaded, and even cajoled, by the appeal of prayer, to perform those desires of man, which man can not manage for himself.

Cuomo has pledged this year to help Democrats win control of the Senate, either through cajoling Felder to switch conferences or through the ballot box.

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I had cajoled others from our Berkeley church 500 miles away to come with me.

He had also cajoled investors (including Carmine's Beauty Salon in Union City, N.J.) into backing Project Strato - Jump, a low - tech, high - risk attempt at the greatest parachute jump of all time.

After much cajoling by Mrs. G, Shields, bored while making a film on location in Africa, faxed Agassi an introductory note.

She is able to blend elements of gestalt, psychodrama, role - playing, and her own infectious style of play into an approach that perfectly fits the intensive demands of schema mode work, cajoling patients to change in profound ways.»

Calling the latest jobs report decent, Gross says Trumps cajoling companies on factories reminded him of Mussolini exerting government control of corporate interests.

The governor told the Democrat and Chronicle's editorial board that he simply couldn't cajole lawmakers into accepting independent redistricting this year.

If they refused my choices, I amped up my efforts and tried cajoling, encouraging and occasionally bribing.

I believe the words and life of Christ are worth emulating and that His ways are worth walking in, but I refuse to cajole someone into doing so because they're terrified of Hell.

Without cajoling, bribing, nudging, and scolding from Washington, we suspect there would be fewer, not more.

The misty - eyed patriotism that pervades every other line of dialogue befits the era, but it also threatens to override the more engaging scenes of George trying to break out from under the blacklisting of his own making, flattering and cajoling investors into giving him a shot.

Sanchez played in a 2 - man frontline for Chile at the World Cup, and it was his goal scoring exploits for the South Americans that eventually cajoled Wenger into bringing him to the Emirates.

Walking is also recommended as your due date approaches to help gently cajole the baby into making an appearance

During Sheldon Silver's federal corruption trial, defense attorneys have now tried at least twice to suggest heavy handed tactics on the part of prosecutors to cajole witnesses into cooperating with their case.

Even though Republicans control the state Senate, New York operatives of both parties agreed that Cuomo could have cajoled Republicans in Albany to agree to a Congressional map more favorable to Democrats.

With a little cajoling via PowerPoint presentation, their friends agree to go in on the group rate, but don't realize until they arrive that they're expected to join in on the therapy sessions, too.

You can not imagine how cajoled and caressed I have sometimes been to take a painting into a show!»

As Jackie and Harmony go to comedy clubs, weddings, and dinner, Jackie is always cajoled into doing a quick routine that isn't nearly as impressive and everyone tells him it is.

-- knows all the angles and isn't afraid to play them, whether it's bribing a bailiff to get his client higher on the morning roster or cajoling information out of his ex-wife (Marisa Tomei), who works in the d.a.'s office.

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These companies use political contributions and armies of lobbyists to cajole governments to ignore the consequences: an economic crisis worse than the recent recession awaits if these nations fail to spark growth in areas that can stimulate growth and create jobs.

In the second half of George W. Bush's second term, at great expense in lives and money, the US was able to cajole former Iraqi Sunni insurgents and Iraqi Shia who were former allies of Iran to work together to defeat and marginalize al - Qaeda and the most radical pro-Iranian elements in Iraq.

Cleverly, he tried to cajole David Cameron into a stronger commitment than Cameron evidently wanted — to «start the process now».

After lobbying, pleading and trying to cajole governors into complying at a major scholarly conference last May, the State Archives has received very limited material from the four most recent governors: Mario M. Cuomo, George Pataki, Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson.

Oscar's time is largely spent cajoling friends and family (including a very good Melonie Diaz as his girlfriend), but he also makes a crucial decision to dump a bag of marijuana that he was going to sell into the bay.

True to its title, Final Portrait chronicles, in tiresomely repetitious detail, Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti's cajoling American writer James Lord to sit for what becomes Giacometti's final portrait.

In 1973, Marotta famously cajoled another centerfielder, «Joltin» Joe» DiMaggio, into stumping for Mr. Coffee.

Fortune cajoled this year's top 40 into sharing facts about them you won't find on the Internet (until now).

A successful Big Man cajoled, bribed and compromised to get the rest of the village to follow.

In the coming months all manner of doom and gloom scenarios will be paraded to cajole British voters into voting the right way.

Now Carney's predecessor is trying to cajole Canadian companies to do something productive with their profits.

Politico's Rachael Bade: «House GOP leaders are using a mix of behind - the - scenes cajoling and warnings about losing the majority to corral their oft - fractured conference on tax reform.