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It has all made for one of the most astonishing presidential election cycles in modern American history, full of unprecedented political moments, bizarre politicking and endless messaging designed to elicit outrage, fear, hope, bigotry and bitter, biting partisanship.

He said investigators hoped to elicit information by asking the girls questions multiple times in different ways.

The detectives are trained to form a theory of how the crime occurred based on available facts, then to relentlessly question suspects — even claiming falsely to have eyewitness accounts, forensic evidence and other proof of guilt — until they elicit a confession.

At the same time, reviews that differ from each other will elicit hesitancy in readers, even though the writers of the review were in fact more certain about their experiences.

Instead, the general consensus is that Cooper’s interview is admirably executed if not especially probing, guided by questions designed to elicit considerate answers.