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  • Not even a visit to the famine-racked U.S.S.R. — where he traveled around with a completely credulous Langston Hughes — was enough to unpersuade him.

    The Zealot 2009

  • Not even a visit to the famine-racked U.S.S.R. — where he traveled around with a completely credulous Langston Hughes — was enough to unpersuade him.

    The Zealot 2009

  • But he has all the codes, and having persuaded David Miliband not to quit in May, he could easily unpersuade him in October.

    Mandy's path to the premiership 2009

  • But he has all the codes, and having persuaded David Miliband not to quit in May, he could easily unpersuade him in October.

    Mandy's path to the premiership 2009

  • Not even a visit to the famine-racked U. S.S.R.-where he traveled around with a completely credulous Langston Hughes-was enough to unpersuade him.

    bookforum.com 2009

  • Joe really sounds like he knows what he’s talking about, and if you keep arguing with him you’re not only going to unpersuade anyone who might be listening, but you run a terrible risk of learning something that’ll irritate you.

    Matthew Yglesias » Competition Works 2010

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