But this strategy is guaranteed to elicit a gasp from the most cosmopolitan of parents.
They (try to) use money to elicit a specific behavior, reaction or emotion from someone else.
Apple needs to be able to elicit the genius in the company, not in the CEO.
They also try to elicit private information like passwords and bank account numbers to perform scams.
But Denon's DVD-9000 may have just enough bells and whistles to elicit the extra cost.
It's not unusual for a big piece of legislation to elicit strong oppositions at first.
She had not even informed the people who lived at a distance, to elicit such notes.
Financial assets are highly unusual in that rising prices tend to elicit higher demand.
Given the response retroactive cuts have received across the region, they are likely to elicit still more.
Taxpayers' money had to be used in the most efficient way to elicit "the best results", she concluded.
This was not the first of Mr. Hirst's works to elicit disgust, but it was the most potent.
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We ought to elicit reactions and opinions about that and many other issues.
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Other groups seek to elicit sympathy by speaking on behalf of tribal forest-dwellers.
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Even when he announced the biggest cut in income tax in years, he failed to elicit gratitude, let alone enthusiasm.
In Working Girl, the suburban secretaries' "big hair" was just large enough to elicit knowing snickers while successfully illustrating corporate hierarchies.
We do not need changes in labour laws and policy to elicit sacrifice from organised labour, as some economists have suggested.
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They tend to lack the emotional intelligence, the subtlety of character to elicit the best from their people when times get tough.
Performance-based ads, those seeking to elicit an immediate purchase or other action, remain dominant, and even gained ground over more brand-oriented ads.
The drug produced by the ProdiGene corn is not pharmacologically active, except in the sense that it is intended to elicit antibodies.
"People who smile more tend to elicit more positive connections with other people, " which in turn help make you happier and healthier.
She posted Friday's announcement after her plea failed to elicit a reply.
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Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic likened the chat to a "factory tour" because it did nothing to elicit anything substantive from Mr Obama.
Their sendup of religious fundamentalism is painted in broad acrylic strokes: shocking enough to elicit laughs but not deep enough to generate understanding.
It could be a story, anecdote, data, case study, a question for the room to elicit response, or anything else you personally enjoy discussing.
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Failing as we do to elicit moral behaviour from organisations, which are made of people, how can we hope ever to succeed with machines?
Last week I got a note from a reader, asking me for advice about how to elicit a response to her online job applications.
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Even her welfare applications were scrutinized, forcing prosecutors to elicit juror sympathies while conceding during closing arguments that the poverty-stricken mother committed welfare fraud.
They took the act on the road and learned that memorable presentations must be compelling enough to elicit a strong emotional response from the audience.
It's advice that's probably going to elicit chuckles from the guys.
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Having failed to elicit any interest from the police and the prosecutors in the shady doings of West Sumatra's provincial parliament, he alerted the media.
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