Word: eliciting
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Though each person’s impression of the performance will be an entirely subjective matter, the director hopes that the play will elicit some thought-provoking questions that will linger long after its conclusion...
...create a classroom climate that alienates certain students. While political buttons can be characterized as a benign form of self-identification, they also are inherently elements of proselytization. Buttons, which are primarily created by political campaigns for the purpose of rallying supporters, are designed to be seen and to elicit a specific response in others. This is particularly obvious with buttons containing imperative statements like “Vote McCain” or more subtle statements like “Change We Can Believe In.” But even buttons that carry nothing more than a candidate?...
...That Pope Benedict XVI and Ayatollah Khameini of Iran can elicit such differing, intense reactions - for that matter, that even comparing the two might seem incendiary to some Catholics - is one indication how religious belief informs political and social doctrine. Some of that contentiousness has lately seeped into moviegoing. Our texts for today are two indie films, Religulous and Fireproof, that appeal to diametrically opposed audiences. I can't imagine that there'd be a person who could respond to both films the way their makers want. If these movies happen to be playing in adjacent auditoriums at the multiplex...
...events in the Middle East still elicit shock and awe, but the August 21 airstrike on the Afghani village of Azizabad was an exception. Working under the information that a Taliban commander was in the area, bombs were dropped in the village as a large crowd milled the streets mourning the death of a local leader. Devastation resulted—though an initial U.S. investigation reported five to seven civilian casualties, a later U.N. probe revealed that the number was closer to 92, a number that included the mutilated remains of many women and children. As this sobering report makes...
...Gates drawled into the microphone, wildly gesticulating to elicit an echo from the audience. He tried again...