Word: elicitation
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...interviews are intended to elicit suggestions about the types of qualities the new dean will need as well as particular names, Bok said...
changes not only will give applicants a cheater idea of their chances at an earlier time, but also "Will elicit follow-up information from the schools involved to help us make a better decision" on those students who fall into the middle ground...
...article concerning Frederick Law Olmsted was historically interesting, but can we reasonably expect an article on the history of Central Park to elicit genuine concern for a deteriorating environment? I think...
...TELESCOPING A LIFE. Russell has descended to pure scandal-mongering. It is simply naive to explain artistic creation solety by sexual trauma, and cheap to elicit sympathy for an artist by the sordid expose of private scandal. Russell twists the facts and fabricates the milliew. The result is an hysterical film, rather than a film about hysteria. Even worse, Russell revels in his gossip--he has a fiesta turning a genuinely moving story into a turgid peephole show...
...known ailment? Dr. Joseph Sapira, a Birmingham, Ala., internist, believes the physician definitely should not dismiss the complaint as imaginary. Instead, he should try "reassurance therapy," and in the Annals of Internal Medicine Sapira tells how to administer it. The first step, he says, is to elicit a detailed description of the symptoms; the next is to ascertain how they affect or concern the patient...