On her part, the surrogate had adopted a false persona online and deceived the couple to elicit information about them.
Lowell told his admissions officers to elicit information about the "character" of candidates from "persons who know the applicants well," and so the letter of reference became mandatory.
In Cyprus, translators employed by the British during the 1950s told tales of electrocutions and pulled fingernails as British intelligence officers tried to elicit information about gunrunning.
More than a dozen questions followed, intended not so much to elicit information about the theft, but rather to engage the defendant on a personal level.
Soon after he entered the White House, he and his advisors had the Air Force start penetrating Russian air space to try to elicit information about Russian warning systems, Operation Able Archer.
Even though this man was an old-fashioned P.O.W., someone in Vice's orbit reportedly suggested that the interrogations were too gentle and that waterboarding might elicit information about the fantasized connection between Osama and Saddam.
A recent law made it an offence to elicit information about policemen "which is of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" (even if no such person exists).
Tim Russert, the NBC News Washington bureau chief and moderator of "Meet the Press," said this is in some respects a natural progression -- the news media was at first simply trying to elicit information about what response the United States would have to the attacks.
They say they will use a trial to try to elicit information about the Bush administration's policy of extraordinary rendition, in which terrorism suspects are sent for questioning to other countries, including some accused of torture, and about Britain's possible involvement and accusations that prisoners taken to other countries for detention were tortured.
That way, prepared MS-Excel sheets helped to quickly elicit information about many substances.
Background. Pediatricians elicit information about asthma control from parents to help formulate management plans.
