When he talks about the value of religious institutions in widening the social safety net, he does not simply mention churches - he invariably invokes synagogues and mosques as well.

But perceptions cannot be measured exactly, while aggressive governments invariably invoke "national security" whether or not it is endangered.

He's a Republican good ol' boy from Yazoo City, Miss., whose colorful metaphors invariably invoke pigs, dogs, and mules.

Farmer Faldor was a devout man, and he invariably invoked with simple eloquence the blessing of the Gods before each meal.

But for-profit colleges - especially those (University of Phoenix, DeVry University) run by publicly traded companies - invariably invoke concerns that sales, not education, is the prime mission.

Any criticism of this increasingly decadent lifestyle invariably invokes the tedious argument that Indians should be allowed to enjoy the joys of capitalism as much as those in the west.

When Walters talks of the price she has paid to be where she is, she invariably invokes Jacqueline.

It "invariably invokes a coarse sexual image" and broadcasting it on a national telecast was "shocking and gratuitous."

After all, she is a lawyer, and she, too, invariably invokes the Constitution as the authority for smaller government.

The Russian's pride took precedence over his churning emotions and the hatred inside him which the presence of any ESPer invariably invoked.