Word: elicitation
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What is to be done? I know that a call for divestment would elicit passionate responses, especially from those opposed to the very idea, and I am far from being even remotely equipped to argue the case in economic terms—I do not have the foggiest idea of how the stock market operates. Friends who know about these things tell me that a divestment would be very hard to implement: where does one draw the line? What about index funds and their multifarious investments? What about economic giants like G.E.? And since I am invoking the authority...
From house “randomization” to the Ad Board’s handling of sexual assault cases, the policy decisions of Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 have tended to elicit passionate responses. Detested by some, loved by others, Lewis certainly made his presence felt during his eight year tenure as Dean of the College. So, when news that he was abruptly asked to step down from his position broke last month, it was clear that the decision that would get considerable attention. As a Council representative, and therefore one of only...
...don’t come back. For the first time, the nation saw network-arranged interviews between mothers and sons who are about to join the front lines of battle, and taped conversations between new fathers leaving their young wives and children. Such coverage is almost solely engineered to elicit a groundswell of American patriotism supporting our boys abroad, instead of the pointed questions that the Bush administration fears...
...nearly a year after 9/11, in conversations throughout Southeast Asia, I encountered sympathy and admiration for the U.S. "Where are you from?" a diplomat or a street vendor would ask. "America," I'd reply, "New York City." This would elicit expressions of outrage at the terrorist attacks, generous inquiries into the well-being of my friends and family and then perhaps a mention of the war in Afghanistan. From the impoverished or oppressed, a request often followed: please tell your President to send help. A faint belief that he might was detectable. A sense that he could, through benign gestures...
...with spirited ease, Chaplin made his welcome appearance as a good old tramp in Easy Street. The inclusion of the films provided a crucial context to the music. Written entirely for the action in the film, the Easy Street music imbued the scenes with life and helped elicit smiles during the more endearing sequences...