* 1966-In June, the Cultural Revolution began, by August all churches were closed down.

Alfonso XIII left the country in response to the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic, although he never abdicated.

" In Spanish, it may be enough for the punchline to rhyme with the response.

In Modern Catalan, as in modern Spanish, sí is usually used as a response, although the language retains the word oi, akin to òc, which is sometimes used at the end of yes-no questions and in higher register also as a positive response.

In 1713, the Viceroyalty of New Granada ( northern South America ) was created in response to other Europeans trying to take Spanish territory in the Caribbean region.

Virginia Senator Jim Webb made the 2007 response and Rep. Xavier Becerra of California delivered the Spanish version.

In 2008, Democrats tapped Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius to give a response in English ; Texas state Senator Leticia Van de Putte did the same in Spanish.

In 2011, Wisconsin Congressman and House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan gave the English Republican response from the House Budget Committee hearing room, while Florida Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen delivered the Spanish response.

Having not seen any reaction from the Spanish, the 18th Vernon bombards ordered three open fire on the city, with the intention of provoking a response that he might get an idea of the defensive capacity of the Spanish.

In response to the proclamation, Father Barona refused to take the oath of allegiance to what he saw as the " bogus republic of Mexico " despite the fact that he, along with all but two of the other Spanish missionaries, had previously sworn to the Independence of Mexico.

In response to pressures from the Spanish, French and Americans, as well as neighboring tribes, the Pawnee began to draw closer together.

Having grown up as the child of working class Spanish immigrants in the Ruhr Valley, and coming of age in the politically polarized era of the German Autumn ( his response the left wing extremist terrorism of that time being thematized in the 2003 song " Kinderzimmer ( Heldenlied )" Bedroom ( Hero Song )", he was blunt and unromantically detached about social reality in West Germany, and unapologetic about the provocative potential of his songs.

In 1536, ostensibly in response to a letter asking for aid from Andrés de Cereceda, then acting Governor of the Province of Honduras, Alvarado and his army of Indian allies arrived in Honduras, just as the Spanish colonists were preparing to abandon the country and go look for gold in Peru.

In November in response to the death of two Scots garrisoned on Amelia Island from an ambush by Spanish allied Indians the Darien settlers mobilized and together with forces from South Carolina captured the Spanish forts of Fort Picolata, Fort St. Francis de Pupo, Fort San Diego and Fort Mosa before attempting to lay siege to St. Augustine.

Philip's militant response meant the occupation of much of the upper provinces by troops of, or hired by, Habsburg Spain and the constant ebb and flow of Spanish men and provisions on the so-called Spanish road from northern Italy, through the Burgundian lands, to and from Flanders.

The songs were written in English and Latin, also including one track in Spanish, these were performed on Cuban national television on several occasions receiving a positive audience response.

In addition to Casa Amiga and Ni Una Mas, family support groups such as Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa A. C., which in Spanish means " Our Daughters Back Home ," have also formed in response to the violence against women in Juarez.

In 1899, the McKinley administration settled on occupation as its response to the appearance of a revolutionary government in Cuba following the end of Spanish control.

Foreign policy now takes on a different perspective and must become skilled not merely at response but also at projection.

Falsifiers was published in response to the documents made public in Nazi-Soviet Relations, 1939 – 1941: Documents from the Archives of The German Foreign Office, which included the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and other secret German-Soviet relations documents.

British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin heard Marshall's radio broadcast speech and immediately contacted French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault to begin preparing a quick European response to ( and acceptance of ) the offer.

After Imperial Commissioner Lin Zexu confiscated 20, 000 cases of British-owned opium in 1839, Jardine arrived in London in September, and pressed Foreign Secretary Lord Palmerston for a forceful response.

** In Paris, French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet, in response to rumours ( which are true ) that he is seeking to end the French alliance system in Eastern Europe, gives a speech highlighting his government's commitment to the cordon sanitaire.

** In a response to Georges Bonnet's speech of January 26, German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, referring to Bonnet's alleged statement of December 6, 1938 accepting Eastern Europe as being in Germany's exclusive sphere of influence, protests that all French security commitments in that region are " now off limits ".

In response to a Four Corners program aired on 21 February 1994, on 23 February 1994, the Minister for Foreign Affairs Gareth Evans announced a ' root and branch ' review of ASIS.

In response British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook announced on 12 February 1998 that in the interests of openness, he had commissioned the historians of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to prepare a historical memorandum on the Zinoviev Letter, drawing upon archival documents.

As part of the UK's response to this incident the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, announced on 30 November 2011 that the United Kingdom had shut the embassy in Tehran and recalled all diplomatic staff.

In response, the Germans occupied northern Italy and founded the Italian Social Republic ( Repubblica Sociale Italiana or RSI ) with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini as its " Head of State " and " Minister of Foreign Affairs ".

In response, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang of the People's Republic of China has said that the border remains in dispute and that the two sides are continuing to work for a peaceful and cordial resolution of the dispute.

In 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) created a “ secret federal court for issuing wiretap warrants in national security cases .” This was in response to findings from the Watergate break-in, which allegedly uncovered a history of presidential operations that had used surveillance on domestic and foreign political organizations.

" In response, Democratic Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, stated, " It took a tongue-lashing from Congress before these high-tech titans did the right thing and coughed up some concrete assistance for the family of a journalist whom Yahoo had helped send to jail.

In response to the refusal of the United States Senate to ratify the treaty, a young member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware, met with the Soviet Foreign Minister Andrey Gromyko, " educated him about American concerns and interests " and secured several changes that neither the U. S. Secretary of State nor President Jimmy Carter could obtain.

The Israeli response as stated by Shlomo Ben-Ami, then Israel's Minister of Foreign Relations who participated in the talks, was " we can't accept the demand for a return to the borders of June 1967 as a pre-condition for the negotiation.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov wrote an article in response, but he withdrew it, citing " censorship " from the Foreign Affairs editorial board.

Foreign minister critical response to the supposed independent ESISC's report

In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres welcomed it and said: "... the details of every peace plan must be discussed directly between Israel and the Palestinians, and to make this possible, the Palestinian Authority must put an end to terror, the horrifying expression of which we witnessed just last night in Netanya ,"

Foreign sources, such as transnational corporations or multinational corporations invest money by introducing new industrial sites to an area, in order to produce more of their product, sometimes in response to changes noticed in that area, such as a growing population or enhanced transport network.

In response, an enraged Taiwanese Foreign Minister, Mark Chen, called Singapore a " Pi-Sai Country ", translated literally from Taiwanese, it means a " country no bigger than a booger.

On August 29, 2008, in response to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze announced that Georgia had broken diplomatic relations with Russia.

But he had delayed accepting this job, and as he was leaving to come home to Papa in response to our telegram, he dropped a postcard to Miss McCrady, head of the Harvard Appointment Office, asking her please to write Northwestern authorities and explain the circumstances.

In response to the rising pressures the British Colonial Office broadened the membership of the Legislative Council and increased its role.

The first project he worked on after his return, the Bristol T. T. A., was designed in response to a War Office requirement for a two-seat fighter intended for home defence against Zeppelin raids.

In the 18th century, in response to the growth of the British Empire and economic changes, institutions such as the Office of Works and the Navy Board grew large.

A summary of the developments concerning patentability of computer programs under the European Patent Convention is given in ( see G 3 / 08 ) as a response of the Enlarged Board of Appeal to questions filed by the President of the European Patent Office according to Art.

In response, the Information Commissioner's Office denied the claim adding that any reported abuses of the Data Protection Act are swiftly investigated.

In response to not getting their mail from the Post Office, it was renamed " Ilo " four years later, in honor of a local merchant's daughter.

* 2010: Brazos County District Attorney's Office starts enforcement of a gang safety Zone in response to an escalation in violence in and around Bryan.

A cabinet Office Briefing Rooms ( COBR ) is a crisis response committee, coordinating the actions of bodies within the government of the United Kingdom in response to instances of national or regional crisis, or during events abroad with major implications for the UK.

He also asked the General Assembly to appropriate funds for a one-time staff buyout ; to work with him in revising budgetary and human resources rules ; to grant the Secretary-General more managerial authority and flexibility ; to strengthen the Office of Internal Oversight Services ; and " to review all mandates older than five years to see whether the activities concerned are still genuinely needed or whether the resources assigned to them can be reallocated in response to new and emerging challenges ".

These include the Office of Ethnic Affairs, which provides information to ethnic communities and policy advice to the government ; the Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management, which manages the national response to civil defence emergencies, provides leadership of the sector including the development of standards and guidance and leads a coordinated national public education campaign ; and the Local Government Commission, which makes decisions on the structure and representation requirements of local government.

In a document of unquestionable authority of that period the Office is described as follows: The evening hour, or vespertina synaxis, is composed of four psalms, a capitulum, a response, a hymn, a versicle, a canticle from the Gospel, litany ( Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison ), Pater with the ordinary finale, oratio, or prayer, and dismissal ( Regula Sancti Benedicti, xvii ).

On Dec. 27, 2004, USPTO's follow-up Notice of Abandonment ruled that " The trademark application below was abandoned because a response to the Office Action mailed on 05-30-2004 was not received within the 6-month response period ", adding that any request for reinstatement would have to be received within two additional months.

Commissioned Corps emergency response teams are managed by the Office of the Surgeon General.

This set the stage for a creation of a broad spectrum of computer based Central Office and Customer Premise Equipment that would eventually support enhanced voice solutions such as voice-mail, audiotex, interactive voice response ( IVR ) and speech recognition solutions that began emerging in the 1980s.

In response to the report, the Washington Office on Latin America ( WOLA ), an NGO that monitors the impact of US foreign policy in Latin America, observed that the aerial spraying strategy appeared to have hit its limits.

The Queen Charlotte Colony was created by the Colonial Office in response to the increase in American marine trading activity resulting from the gold rush on Moresby Island in 1851.

NAME is used operationally by the Met Office as an emergency response model as well as for routine air quality forecasting.

In response to extensive criticism of Protect and Survive, Civil Defence: Why We Need It was also printed in November 1981 by the Home Office, which attempted to defend the reasons for civil defence.

In 1900, two distinct provincial police forces were created: the Office of Provincial Detectives of Montreal, in response to a crime wave in that city, and the Revenue Police, whose mission was to collect taxes.