I had a friend once who would go on and on and on about rent control and how it unbalanced the rental market for the rest of New York, arguments I found mostly convincing.

我曾经有一个朋友，经常不停地谈论租金控制和纽约租赁市场的不平衡，我也认可他的观点。

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Simply by convincing you to give your power away to something outside yourself, religion will condition you to be weaker, more docile, and easier to control.

就是通过劝说你放弃依靠自身力量，宗教信仰使你逐渐习惯于更软弱、更温顺、更易于被控制的状态。

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Even seasoned therapists have trouble convincing the control-obsessed that their behavior might be causing more problems than it's solving.

即使是经验丰富的心理治疗专家，要想让患有控制癖的人相信他们的行为可能会适得其反，带来更多的麻烦，也会遇到问题。

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It was only politicians who could end the crisis, by convincing investors that Europe's public finances were under control.

BBC: Interview with an ECB president

If Mr Zarqawi could now be captured or killed, it might go some way to convincing Iraqis that the uprising is finally being brought under control.

ECONOMIST: Iraq's sovereignty restored, up to a point | The

If Israel had retaken control of southern Lebanon, Olmert would have had a chance of convincing the public that unilateral withdrawal was a viable strategy.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: The Path to the Next Lebanon War