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When iridoid cocktails were applied on the bottom of dishes that were then covered by a punctured plastic cover, cats still exhibited licking and chewing even though they couldn't contact the chemicals directly, this means that licking and chewing is an instinctive behavior elicited by olfactory stimulation of iridoids. – Masao Miyazaki	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is what happens after great wars or depressions, it's hard to spot while you're in it, but we've gone through a shock that has elicited an unexpected change upon the population. And it will take some time to sort through. – Joe Brusuelas	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our nose, mouth and throat contain nerve endings that sense painful and irritating chemicals in the inhaled air. For example, the burning, stinging feeling elicited by smoke inhalation is mediated by these nerve endings. They also trigger sneezing and cough, basically to defend the lungs from inhaling toxic chemicals, the new chemicals we identified in e-cigarettes activate these nerve endings more strongly. Especially when activated over a longer period, as in smokers, and potentially in e-cigarette users, these mechanisms have been shown to cause inflammation and asthma and contribute to emphysema. – Sven Jordt	Found on CNN 5 years ago
No one back at home believed that I was imprisoned for just not taking my TB drugs, to date, they still doubt it, which has elicited all sorts of rumors about me in the village. – Gideon Wanjohi	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We had him watch the virtual arm move, he attempted to move his arm in the same way, and that elicited some patterns of cortical activity -- some patterns of electrical neural activity. – Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye	Found on CNN 7 years ago
While the immediate cause was my strong comments to certain press questions that elicited concern and distress, we also regret it came across as a personal attack on the US president. Our primary intention is to chart an independent foreign policy while promoting closer ties with all nations, especially the US with which we had had a longstanding partnership, we look forward to ironing out differences arising out of national priorities and perceptions, and working in mutually responsible ways for both countries. – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms. – Charles Caleb Colton	added by anonymous 13 years ago

When iridoid cocktails were applied on the bottom of dishes that were then covered by a punctured plastic cover, cats still exhibited licking and chewing even though they couldn't contact the chemicals directly, this means that licking and chewing is an instinctive behavior elicited by olfactory stimulation of iridoids.

– Masao Miyazaki

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is what happens after great wars or depressions, it's hard to spot while you're in it, but we've gone through a shock that has elicited an unexpected change upon the population. And it will take some time to sort through.

– Joe Brusuelas

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our nose, mouth and throat contain nerve endings that sense painful and irritating chemicals in the inhaled air. For example, the burning, stinging feeling elicited by smoke inhalation is mediated by these nerve endings. They also trigger sneezing and cough, basically to defend the lungs from inhaling toxic chemicals, the new chemicals we identified in e-cigarettes activate these nerve endings more strongly. Especially when activated over a longer period, as in smokers, and potentially in e-cigarette users, these mechanisms have been shown to cause inflammation and asthma and contribute to emphysema.

– Sven Jordt

Found on CNN
5 years ago

No one back at home believed that I was imprisoned for just not taking my TB drugs, to date, they still doubt it, which has elicited all sorts of rumors about me in the village.

– Gideon Wanjohi

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We had him watch the virtual arm move, he attempted to move his arm in the same way, and that elicited some patterns of cortical activity -- some patterns of electrical neural activity.

– Abidemi Bolu Ajiboye

Found on CNN
7 years ago

While the immediate cause was my strong comments to certain press questions that elicited concern and distress, we also regret it came across as a personal attack on the US president. Our primary intention is to chart an independent foreign policy while promoting closer ties with all nations, especially the US with which we had had a longstanding partnership, we look forward to ironing out differences arising out of national priorities and perceptions, and working in mutually responsible ways for both countries.

– Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.

– Charles Caleb Colton

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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