Word: elicit
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...track itself, a recently installed Rekortan surface, is as fast as a fine track should be, though it has no unique properties for generating speed. But the tight old stadium, with its narrow six-lane oval walled in by chanting crowds of passionately knowledgeable Oslo running fans, seems to elicit special heroics from competitors. The athletes feel, in the words of retired U.S. Runner Marty Liquori, who commented on the race for ABC-TV, as though they are being pushed along "in a tunnel of sound." No fewer than 42 world records had been set there since 1924. The meet...
...short, a grownup is a creature very much resembling Walter Lloyd (Gene Hackman), whose patient efforts to gain the respect of his son Chris (Matt Dillon) elicit nothing more than a succession of shrugs and silences. What can Dad possibly know about the soul of a lad who wants to be a race-car driver...
...percussionists were a part of the first act to elicit equivalent noise from the audience. After their energetic performance, audience members applauded enthusiastically and loudly, and several people cheered in high-pitched voices...
...Chiefly the ladies have Man Trouble, a subject most women will relate to and most men will find chilling in its bluntness. The ladies exchange one fascinating horror story after another of deadbeats, cheaters, grifters, psychopaths and dirty old men. While these woeful tales will elicit international sympathy, western readers will find some of the problems unfamiliar. Cultural institutions such as arranged marriages, even for girls of 13, and the premium on female virginity only add to the women's problems. In one shocking discussion, the women debate the merits of "embroidery," the Iranian euphemism for suturing the vaginal opening...
...guess I shouldn’t be surprised at the way this is being handled; after all, determining Summers’ standing is by definition a political process, not a scientific one, and that phrasing questions in ways designed to elicit a desired response is part of the game...