Like Florence Nightingale before him, what gives his work its persuasive force is not just rock-solid data and beautiful graphics but his personal passion and enthusiasm.

ECONOMIST: Brain scan

It would be interesting to see how this production of "Elisir" would work with more persuasive bel canto singers.

WSJ: L'Elisir d'Amore | Metropolitan Opera | An Elixir for Change | By Heidi Waleson

Finding a persuasive shape for a large-scale work is perhaps the trickiest hurdle for a younger composer.

NEWYORKER: The Long Haul

So my whole goal over the next four years is to make sure that whatever arguments are persuasive and backed up by evidence and facts and proof that they can work, that we are pulling people together around that kind of pragmatic agenda.

WHITEHOUSE: Presidential Press Conference