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Coaxing residents into cooperating is "a task requiring brutality and charm in equal measure," Mr. Adiga writes.
The Race to Bring Over a Japanese Best Seller Alexandra Alter 2011
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And these are by no means closet cases: Coaxing Pandoraholics to dish about the movie's merits requires as much prodding as asking Lady Gaga fans why they love her.
For ‘Avatar’ Super-Fans, Calling Their Fervor ‘Worship’ Is Still ‘A Long Way Off’ » MTV Movies Blog 2010
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Coaxing four services into rewriting their budget plans and starting a joint program would be like turning four ocean liners at once.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Coaxing former customers to trust the company again is still proving a tough sell, with "emotions trumping economics" in many cases, said Chief Executive Norman Szydlowski .
SemGroup Works to Turn It Around Brian Baskin 2010
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Coaxing four services into rewriting their budget plans and starting a joint program would be like turning four ocean liners at once.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Coaxing four services into rewriting their budget plans and starting a joint program would be like turning four ocean liners at once.
The Dream Machine Richard Whittle 2010
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Coaxing a larger meaning from these tales involves imposing order on messy, many-headed human experience, and shaping the events of the past into a coherent narrative that "... is essential to individual and social identity."
Belongings: Property, Family, and Identity in Colonial South Africa 2008
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Classroom Coaxing Exposure therapy helps by having a child gradually confront what scares him.
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Coaxing each of them into one AP, IB or local college course would be enough for me.
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Coaxing out coherent answers was like conducting a telephone survey in a hurricane.
FLY FISHING WITH DARTH VADER MATT LABASH 2010
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