Word: elicited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...much a part of the home as the kitchen sink; it will program washing machines, burglar and fire alarms, sewing machines, a robot vacuum cleaner and a machine that will rinse and stack dirty dishes. When something goes wrong with an appliance, a question to the computer will elicit repair instructions ?in future generations, repairs will be made automatically. Energy costs will be cut by a computerized device that will direct heat to living areas where it is needed, and turn it down where it is not; the device's ubiquitous eye, sensing where people are at all times...
...raunchy comic relief there is Lavra (Lillian Evans), the self-styled former "playgirl of Moscow" from whom a few generous swigs of vodka can elicit a tipsy ode to the joys of sex. Her opposite number is prim, spartan Iva (Lenore Har ris), a dance-exercise buff who seems to revel in single blessedness until, in a passionate and poignant outburst, she reveals its lonely curse...
...police could solve just one of the murders, it might help them solve at least some of the others. They hope that well-publicized offers of $141,000 in rewards will elicit some information. "He -or they-can't keep a secret," said Glendale Police Lieut. Harry Lebrun last week. "He has got to talk to a close friend...
Although RUS acted responsibly in voting the money to the gay organization, the way in which RUS reached this, and the other budget decisions, raises fundamental questions about RUS's representativeness. RUS members should have discussed the recommendations beforehand with their Radcliffe constitutents to elicit opinions on such potentially controversial issues as the lesbian funding. Discussion of this sort currently exists only on an informal, sporadic basis, which creates the potential for RUS considering issues with few differing opinions in mind. This is not entirely the organization's fault, for few Radcliffe women have taken the time to find...
...unusual punishment. Scenting the kill, TV camera crews laid daily siege to Lance as he left his home in the morning or his office at night. A small army of pushy reporters thrust long microphone rods into his face and asked the most impertinent questions, hoping to elicit an off-guard response. This is a drumhead trial, and few of those who are subjected to such a process escape unscathed. A print reporter who finds a rumor to be unfounded usually does not refer to it in print; but a television reporter's unverified insinuation, heard on-camera, lingers...