Word: elicited
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Hell Meets Henry Halfway certainly forces audiences to feel something, which may be an accomplishment in itself in this era when so much art fails to even elicit a response from the audience...
...Arab and Israeli leaders, Rice met with all the participants individually but steered clear of the summit to avoid the appearance of U.S. overreach. And an Israeli official notes that in private negotiating sessions, Rice has a clever way of pushing hard on an issue, even if only to elicit a vague agreement. But then she immediately doubles down. "She'll restate it in a firmer way," says this official, "and then pocket it as a commitment." Says an Arab diplomat: "This one is nimble, very nimble...
...said that Jackson showed him and his younger brother pornography in magazines and on the Internet, and plied them with wine--"Jesus juice"--in Diet Coke cans. Under stern cross-examination by Jackson lawyer Thomas Mesereau Jr., who argues that the family's charges are a scam to elicit money from Jackson, the boy wavered in some particulars but did not break...
...generates sympathy and admiration for the struggling artist even as he unflinchingly portrays the villainous aspects of Seung-up’s personality. Min-shik’s Seung-up is sometimes a genius, often a lout, but always compelling. Min-shik’s ability to elicit pathos and laughter with the same gesture is nothing short of remarkable...
...student composes long messages in an attempt to elicit an equally long response and sends them to nearly everyone in his address book. In the worst case scenarios, the student may begin to read his or her spam or e-mail the parents...