Word: elicited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ballerinas or of mice, his costumes are spectacular. Particularly amusing is Mother Ginger (Tony Collins) in his last transvestite performance after 34 years as the massive lady with eight children tucked away under her skirt. And the four children dressed as marzipan sheep are just cute enough to elicit some gasps otherwise forbidden in the restrained world of ballet audience protocol...
...some people, the sense of smell can be very powerful. In any relaxation technique, it is possible to set up a ritual that can be associated with a scent," she says. "Perform this procedure regularly, and you can condition yourself to elicit a response...
...Flawless intends to be something of a comedy, and while it does elicit some chuckles, the screenplay has precious few original moments, comedic or otherwise. At one point, Rusty says: "Theres no romance without finance." It's a joke of "Golden Girls"-caliber at best, but the film tries to pass it off as a piercing one-liner. Meanwhile, the story about Walt and Rusty is further marred by a useless and laborious subplot about a gangster trying to find out who has his money...
...interview after the speech, Rubin said such issues tend to elicit passion from an audience. What people seem to enjoy most, he said, is pointing out to him where the government has gone wrong...
...operator had been looking for an AOL account to "bounce" his spam mailings out of--in this case, 1,700 of them. Once someone has your password, it's child's play for him to pass out, under your name, anything he wants. Sending a fake e-mail to elicit the necessary information is called password fishing, and Holderman is by no means the first to fall for it. Remember, the Melissa virus was first sent from an unsuspecting AOL user's account. And there is never any reason to give your AOL password to anyone. Not even Steve Case...