It is one of the merits of this book that it lets the facts speak for themselves.
Thanks to Mr Mbeki's deft backroom manoeuvring, the unions are being persuaded of the merits of private ownership.
Whatever one may think of the merits of female careerism, how exactly is Jones's message "the opposite" of Sandberg's and Zeithaml's?
During the course of debate over ratifying New START, several defenses and critiques of the merits of the treaty were articulated.
The latest round of meddling does not so far signal a more decisive rejection of the merits of independent central banks.
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Outside economists will be the judge of the merits of the program.
In the US, regulators have been persuaded of the merits of this approach because they have seen the positive outcomes for older people.
He says their most important allies are black state legislators who do not have to be persuaded of the merits of anti-discrimination laws.
But Morelli hinted that, as long as he and Kubica can be reassured of the merits of Renault's decision, he would honour his contract.
"People are seeing more of the merits of sharing, " he said.
As Lula's first finance minister he was credited with reinventing the former trade-unionist along more centrist lines and persuading him of the merits of fiscal responsibility.
Although many remain skeptical of the merits of IFRS, those most familiar with the standards are very confident of the level of disclosures and prospects for early adopters.
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I'm looking forward to a constructive debate in the years ahead, and most importantly to effective negotiation with our European partners to persuade them of the merits of our case.
In this case, regardless of the merits of the piece or the valid observations contained therein, Kotaku has failed to adequately express the nature of the content with its headline.
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As well as proving the financial viability of its plans, Hafren Power also has to convince environmental groups of the merits of building such a large structure in the Severn Estuary.
It hopes that greater awareness of the merits of potatoes will contribute to the achievement of its Millennium Development Goals, by helping to alleviate poverty, improve food security and promote economic development.
But independent of the merits of any claims current or future, Facebook is just too tempting a target for consumer groups, ambitious attorneys, and government agencies looking to advance their agendas and careers.
One of the merits of the book is that it makes it abundantly clear how the language of negotiators from both the rich and emerging worlds often masks hypocritical pandering to special groups.
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And we've been persuaded of the merits of financial intermediation, so much so that we think we're investing when we buy the second-hand stock of a company that has been in issue for many years.
One of the merits of this exhibition is that it displays a number of works that have never been seen together before, allowing for comparison and a clear sense of the development of Guardi's increasingly personal style.
Companies argue that with the stakes literally in the billions of dollars, they cannot afford to take such a class action to trial and must settle with the attorneys, regardless of the merits of the case.
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Given that Town were hammered 7-0 at Chelsea in the FA Cup on Sunday and the Gunners will be wary of the merits of Championship sides after their serious FA Cup scare against Leeds on Saturday, it could make for painful viewing.
"We have now thoroughly examined the case that we have and we are convinced of the merits of our case, and the expectation that we will have a success to get the outcome we want - which is a regrade for students, " he said.
Subsequently, in private conversations, he admitted the real reason: It was not that he was unpersuaded of the merits of the case but was simply determined to prevent the United States from having an excuse to pursue a President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, to which he from the political Right and virtually everyone on the European Left vehemently objected.
And yet if the Democrats are routed next week, it will not be because of the merits or defects of the bill itself.
Regardless of the merits or failings of the Obama administration's concern for the feelings of the Muslim world, cooperating with the filmmakers displays an inconsistency that should not go by unremarked upon.
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But as will surprise no regular readers of this column, the federal government utilized a number of weapons in its arsenal to convince Milken to plead guilty regardless of the relative merits of the prosecution.
Chile has a tradition of discussing the technical merits of its statistical data and their shortcomings, which leads to continuous methodological improvement.
But to prevail in the injunction claim, the proponent must also establish that it has a substantial chance of success on the merits of its case.
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Executives in the C-suite may not spend a lot of time discussing the merits of Hadoop but they have become technologically literate, said Mills, and they are very focused on results.
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