I see the position (of first selectman) as one of gentile persuasion, and to provide guidance,

We're still on track with our production (guidance) of 3.8 million to 4 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2009.

We are deeply disappointed our lowered guidance for third-quarter earnings precipitated such a dramatic drop in EDS' stock price,

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre are bandits who do not deserve to live; before killing other good, decent fellows like himself, his gun would fall from his hands

"For your own good" is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.

The young mind is pliable and imitates, but in more advanced states grows rigid and must be warmed and softened before it will receive a deep impression.