Mr. Shiller's paper prompted a storm of controversy.
The paper prompted visions of a fresh start.
The paper prompted great interest in the physiological world for reasons beyond the high profile of its test subject.
The deluge of paper prompted Ms. Nelson and Ms. Silva to think about audio recordings that might have survived the destruction, perhaps nestled inside remote voice-mail systems, telephone answering machines or dictation tapes.
The paper prompted an angry stream of reaction on Tuesday morning when it stood by the profile published on Saturday, which said the beliefs of Ralph Miliband "should disturb everyone who loves this country".
The paper prompted a swift backlash in India, with one politician suggesting that it was part of a "sinister design" to stymie the growth of the country's medical-tourism industry.
The Princeton paper prompted Paul M. Chaikin, a professor of physics at New York University, to buy tetrahedral dice by the hundreds and have a high school student stuff them into fish bowls and other containers.
The paper prompted a moist-eyed reminiscence of a trip to France he'd made as a young man; he had told me he hopes to eat a black truffle omelet again before "God drops the curtains".
(Her additional tweet on the subject — "I don't care if @realDonaldTrump wants to perform abortions in the White House after this immigration policy paper" — prompted Mark Levin to tweet back, "These have to be among the most pathetic comments of anyone in a long time").
