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...come as that great a shock to learn that lawmakers - and judges - with daughters take essentially pro-women positions, especially on moral issues like reproduction, which tend to elicit votes from the heart rather than from a standard political playbook. Still, the clarity and consistency of the results are startling. But the real question is: are they also troubling...
When I visited Iran a few years ago, my favorite question was, "Who runs this country?" The response often was nervous laughter, followed by a raised eyebrow, a shrug and a stage whisper: "The dark forces." My next question-"The dark forces?"-would elicit the weaving of my interlocutor's own fabulously intricate conspiracy theory. "It's very Persian," a young businessman told me. "We're very conspiracy-minded." So let's indulge ourselves and think like Persians about recent events in the Middle East. Here's my conspiracy theory: It starts with the fact that no one really does...
...have to eat anything to have an allergic food reaction. Some people are so sensitive that touching food briefly or inhaling microscopic particles is enough to do the trick. "It can take a surprisingly tiny amount to elicit a reaction," says Dr. Suzanne Teuber, an allergist at the University of California at Davis...
European envoys hope to elicit the regime's answer before July's G-8 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Vienna group agreed that if Iran fails to accede to the world's demands, the matter will return to the Security Council, which would enact unspecified punitive measures...
...suggests that two things will happen to relatives who vacation in a motor home: they will bond in unforeseen ways, and they will constantly face complications involving fecal matter. “R.V.” depends largely on potty humor to elicit laughs, which is disappointing in light of its sharp comic cast featuring Robin Williams and Cheryl Hine (of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” fame). But the film is saved by a string of quips that reference the current state of American society and pop culture. These jokes, which seem to target a post-pubescent...