Word: elicitation
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...reduce the victim's trauma, only one unit officer--of the same sex--interviews the victim. Sullivan says, "It's a delicate balance to be able to be sensitive to a person's feelings and to still elicit the information necessary to prosecute, but most women are receptive to another woman showing up. That surprised me. An equally compassionate and sensitive man will probably do as well, but he often feels uncomfortable...
...that Harvard Campaign officials have aimed the late 1979-early 1980 Cupid's arrows at wealthy foundations and companies, many of which can always afford a plaque on a building at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But now that it's getting time to elicit the $1000, $500, $100 and even $50 pledges, Harvard will have to sharpen its we-really-do-need-it arguments...
...reduce the victim's trauma, only one unit officer--of the same sex--interviews the victim. Sullivan says, "It's a delicate balance to be able to be sensitive to a person's feelings and to still elicit the information necessary to prosecute, but most women are receptive to another woman showing up. That surprised me. An equally compassionate and sensitive man will probably do as well, but he often feels uncomfortable...
...that Harvard Campaign officials have aimed the late 1979-early 1980 Cupid's arrows at wealthy foundations and companies, many of which can always afford a plaque on a building at one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But now that it's getting time to elicit the $1000, $500, $100 and even $50 pledges, Harvard will have to sharpen its we-really-do-need-it arguments...
...then 22, a bookkeeper for S.S. Kresge, began when she reported $150 missing from the previous day's receipts. A few weeks later the store's security man took her to a room at a local Holiday Inn. There another man with a lie detector tried to elicit a confession from Voikos, first with his equipment and then with persuasion: "Linda, you've tried to deceive me. You did steal the money." The bookkeeper, a six-year employee, quit before she could be fired. Traumatized by the incident, she spent much of the next two years...