"In most instances, a public hearing is conducted to elicit commentary, both pro and con," Mr. Freeman said in a telephone interview.
That disorienting sensation crops up again and again in "Wrecking Ball," and like Dead Confederate's name -- which seems meant to elicit commentary about how it doesn't sound like a stereotypical Southern rock band -- it wears thin after a while.
The guide was designed to elicit commentary in several areas, including how the participants were diagnosed, their childhood experience of ADHD, and daily life, social, psychological, and physical functioning.
One concept that the network tried this summer, according to someone present at the taping, had Mr. Ventura eliciting commentary from his guests while an attractive woman served up different topics.
But he also elicits commentary from figures like Bill Clinton (who believes his '60s ideals are untarnished) and Newt Gingrich (who sharply assails Republican ineptitude at governing, which he links to too much facility with '60s power-for-the-sake-of-power techniques).
It's no surprise ad blockers dominated discussion at Advertising Week, factoring into dozens of panels and eliciting commentary from heavyweight speakers such as Sheryl Sandberg and Marissa Mayer.
Would an athlete in any other sport, bounced like Zidane for unbecoming conduct, have elicited commentary that bordered on an exegesis of "Macbeth"?
Suggestions of exclusivity, in any case, did not last long: an October 17, 2006 Bethesda press release announced that Knights of the Nine content was also scheduled for PC and Xbox 360 releases, eliciting commentary from Joystiq remarking on "how finicky" the word 'exclusive' had come to be, and Kotaku remarking on how "Oblivion PS3 content didn't stay exclusive for long... or at all".
However, whereas criminal abortion was considered 'unspeakable' in the courtroom, in fictionalized accounts it assumes a critical place: provoking sympathy for the accused, providing evidence of their wrongful conviction and punishment and eliciting commentary on sexuality, class, and gender in modern society.
Yet just as not every movie or book is worth reviewing, not every issue of Playboy elicited trenchant commentary from the bureau, Mr. Meek said.
But this intersection – "PTSD and Iraq!" – has elicited breathless commentary, of course, that combat service is a means to a dangerous end.
