1.   And variations of his elliptical response can be heard in Senate races around the country, where both Republicans and Democrats are encountering similar questions.

2.   As is his custom, however, Aristide offered elliptical responses to a few questions about particularly touchy subjects.

3.   Again, Netanyahu gave an elliptical response, muttering something about security concerns.

4.   Gone is the self-editing, the elliptical responses that made profiling her the journalistic equivalent of covering, say, geology as it happens.