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...enjoyment out of skewering politicians? -Tom Hale, New York CityI don't believe I do that, and that's certainly not my goal. What I try to do is elicit information. Sometimes it means asking a question two or three times. I recognize that I'm persistent. If a politician wants to offer bromides, they can buy a 30-second commercial...
Despite the macabre subject matter, Faust managed to elicit more than a few chuckles from the crowd...
...title of “retro rocker,” which Lenny Kravitz has held for years, certainly should elicit some skepticism, if only because the boundary between “retro” and simply “unoriginal” is not always clear. Fortunately, new record “It Is Time for a Love Revolution” evokes no such ambiguity. Despite his progressive album title, Kravitz proves that he is one of the most blatantly derivative, not to mention boring, artists recording today. Take, for example, lead single...
...with playmates and friends, often accompanied by unexpectedly powerful feelings. Social psychologist Elaine Hatfield of the University of Hawaii is best known for co-creating the Passionate Love Scale, a questionnaire with which she can gauge feelings of romantic connectedness in adults. She has modified the test to elicit similar information from children. In early work, she studied 114 boys and 122 girls, some as young as 4, presenting them with statements like "I am always thinking about _____" or "I would rather be with _____ than anybody else." The kids filled in the name of someone they loved, and Hatfield asked...
...Charlesworth, who is also a Methodist minister, says that the possible discovery of Christ's tomb will elicit mixed reactions among Christians. Most, he believes, will view it positively. The faith of some believers, he says, will be buoyed by historical proof that Christ, the son of Joseph and Mary, did exist. "I don't think it will undermine belief in the resurrection, only that Jesus rose as a spiritual body, not in the flesh." He adds: "Christianity is a strong religion, based on faith and experience, and I don't think that any discovery by archeologists will change that...