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Among Republicans in the Senate, Gabbard’s nomination elicited a few glowing endorsements — but an impressive list of noncommittal statements.

The guilty verdict capped a weeklong trial in which prosecutors elicited testimony from Biden’s ex-wife, an ex-girlfriend and his sister-in-law turned lover.

He told her stories designed to elicit pity — that he dug ditches as a boy and needed 43 operations for malformed limbs.

The client, with whom he traveled to galleries and antiques shops in France and Italy, wanted the furnishings to elicit “happy and bright” feelings — and to be exquisitely wrought.

It triggered outrage that quickly spread across the country, triggering a slate of opinion pieces in tabloids, spurring online debate and eliciting comments from national politicians.