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Similarly, as the Bush tax cuts expired, Democrats ended up voting to keep most of them in place, because to do otherwise might have elicited voters’ wrath.

But the director is actually more interested in eliciting cheap laughs than in extended social commentary.

Couric, armed with her blue cards, excels at eliciting information, but not at taking center stage.

“It would be considered,” she says tartly, eliciting a laugh from her husband.

“Welcome to Zintan,” he said with an ironic smile, eliciting a chuckle from his captors and from me.

It is not every inquirer who has the power of eliciting beliefs which, for many reasons, are jealously guarded.

Nor did the coroner or any other official succeed in eliciting anything further from her.

Several public meetings had been held, filling the house to overflowing, and eliciting the highest and most deserving praise.

The following suggestion is made with a view to eliciting a re-examination.

Twice branches sprang out from nowhere, and hit Mike smartly over the shins, eliciting sharp howls of pain.