Word: elicit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Piercy's few attempts to elicit any sympathy for this adulterous husband seem half-hearted at best, and after a torrent of abuse Ross finally walks out, asks Daria to sign papers that would leave her almost no claim to their joint property, and demands an immediate divorce. And then begins Daria's long search for the class that will help her understand her husband, his business dealings, and the choices that she now faces...
...like a joint brain storm. After consulting closely with Scowcroft, Aspin released a letter calling on the commission to recommend a new START proposal. It was to meet a series of criteria spelled out in an accompanying essay, which in turn was written by Woolsey and was designed to elicit a proposal along the lines of the Kent double-build-down scheme...
...enough style and savvy to stand on its own as the summer's most original Hollywood picture. Like so many other recent works produced by the film-school generation, this is at heart a movie about movies, and about the innocent thrills a sophisticated team of craftsmen can elicit; it should give pleasure to stouthearted children, as well as to Ph.D.s in cinema studies, and in the bargain share the laurels of summer box-office smash with the inevitable Indiana Jones. This is what superior popular moviemaking is all about: using high technology and a cheerfully bonkers creativity...
...goal of the Forum discussion was simply "to elicit Harry Truman," William Trucheart. Director of the IOP Forum, said yesterday, added. "He is someone who is not familiar to people of college age, but is a man who is very much worth remembering...
...officials said their ability to elicit a quick response from the University could help them win recognition to represent all Medical Area clerical workers in an upcoming election...