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ri spons

  • n  a result
    this situation developed in response to events in Africa
  • n  a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
    his responses have slowed with age
  • n  a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation
  • n  the manner in which something is greeted
  • n  a phrase recited or sung by the congregation following a versicle by the priest or minister
  • n  the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange
  • n  the manner in which an electrical or mechanical device responds to an input signal or a range of input signals

  • What was his response to that? How closely was he following the intelligence reports about al-Qaeda activity, which had taken an extremely urgent tone by late spring?.
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  • David Letterman in ABC News
    My response to that [allegation] is, 'Yes I have.' Would it be embarrassing if it were made public? Perhaps it would,Letterman said.
  • Barack Obama in Forbes (blog)
    What he said: "In the coming days and weeks, [the response] efforts should capture up to 90% of the oil leaking out of the well. This is until the company finishes drilling a relief well later in the summer that is expected to stop the leak...
  • Barack Obama in Globe and Mail
    But, with the extraordinary response to his work that we've seen all over the world, I for one, start to be able to look a bit less at that gap in the future and a little bit more at the incredible place in the history of cinema that he built for... Christopher Nolan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGrnoGcLNZiBqypc1Gqt8DIoEVuyg Voice of America http://www.google.com/url?q=http://voanews.com/english/2009-01-12-voa15.cfm&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGsoi1BZMQzDrsX5vz38CXpDqe1rg Jan 12, 2009 83215 110757 responsibility It is pretty clear the system failed, and it failed badly," Mr. Obama said. "For that, there is enough responsibility to go around."

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