Word: elicit
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Allen’s miraculous transformations into a sheepdog seem to have no real cause. They just happen whenever the filmmakers feel the need to elicit a cheap laugh or drive the flaccid plot forward. Indeed, “The Shaggy Dog” is one of the most contrived films to besmirch the good name of American cinema...
...nail in the coffin, the handsome drink machine offers “Fruit20,” a beverage which ironically defies the laws of nature. Emerson: What would Ralph Waldo Emerson get if confronted with the choices offered by the modern vending machine? This classic snack assortment would certainly elicit some difficult quandaries. Knowing him, he’d probably bring a packed lunch, but in the end he’d just be eating his words, followed by a nice thick slice of Humble Pie. But wait, he can’t eat—he?...
With a mix of stories meant to elicit laughter and sympathy, the first-half of the production outshines the latter, clumsier second act. Humor takes center stage in a number of standout sketches: “My Angry Vagina” becomes a hilarious tale of the woes of being a female when in the able hands of Julia “JC” E. Cassis ’06 and Nicole M. Laws...
Listen to the silence. all the snowy tracks and icy settings at the Winter Olympics elicit a different music from the Games that take place in the summer. Then, even the longest and most lonesome event - the marathon - is run amid the constant roar of crowds cheering every step of the race. The Winter Games has its own supply of electricity, but it's more a gathering hush as athletes contend with their frozen surroundings. You hear it in the cross-country skier's gasping solitary climb up a snowy hillside or in the sharp swoosh of a perilous slide...
...students must be actively supported, not explained away. The College must support travel such as Bakshi’s and even take some role in securing back-up contacts for its students abroad, especially in trouble-spots. One can never entirely remove the risks of research. Probing questions might elicit outraged, defensive responses from those exploiting power. But research can open space for dialogue—the very thing we, as academics, ostensibly work for. In the face of adversity, we must not forget why many of us are here—to help improve this world through our work?...