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...last night's meeting, the CASV spoke primarily about different ways to publicize the event and elicit the support of other University and Cambridge community organizations...
Phuong said that student apathy toward ethnic studies is due to the fact that the subject "doesn't elicit a sense of urgency...
...officers are in a unique position to defend themselves, says White; police, as a group, are both more vilified and more admired than the average defendant. And although the jury was carefully screened to eliminate people with strong feelings toward the police, the next phase of testimony could easily elicit subconscious prejudices - and sympathies...
...need look no further than the fact that "legacy" students on campus quite often elicit whispers and snickers behind their backs from "real" Harvard students. The latter know that they didn't have to rely on Dad's name or money to get them into the college, gaining entrance instead by virtue of their hard work. The top efforts garner the top rewards--this is the model that has become entrenched in our brains. And this mindset will serve us well the rest of our lives...
...have no idea what you're going to hear... it's just worked well for me over the years and that I will continue to use. An interview is a kind of human relationship in an odd, laboratory setting. I never try to do anything more than simply elicit a story. As an investigative tool, it's far more productive than backing people into a corner...