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It was the primal scene of maternal betrayal, the older woman eliciting the confession all too easily from the younger one and then using it to make her the laughingstock of the nation: Walters asks Lewinsky to imagine hypothetical children; Lewinsky tells them that "Mommy made a big mistake"; Walters concludes with a stunning outburst of moral hypocrisy, "And that is the understatement of the year."
Two terms, now considered somewhat archaic, that fit into the category of eliciting laughter are jest and sally .
The HR occurs in response to infection with avirulent bacteria at levels of inoculum that cause a large percentage of leaf cells to undergo programmed cell death (PCD) [ 8 ] . In contrast to results with avrRpt2, P. syringae bacteria carrying the avirulence genes avrB , avrRpm1 , avrPphB or avrRps4 elicit an exaggerated HR relative to that on the wild-type Columbia parent [ 5 7 ] . In a study in which bacteria carrying avrB were chosen as a representative member of this class, in further contrast to results with avrRpt2 , these bacteria were capable of eliciting SAR and PR-1 induction on ndr1-1 mutant plants [ 4 ] .
The survey consisted of 22 items eliciting information on clinician knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours concerning the delivery of general preventive and cancer screening services, as well as personal and professional demographic information.
On the whole, despite the preliminary screening that callers are subjected to, mainly in order to eliminate cranks, drunks, and undesirables, those who do get through rarely have anything of moment to contribute, the presenters are notably unsympathetic in eliciting a fair exposure of their comments, and the listener is (too) often left with the feeling that the presenter has been too dismissive.
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