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In response to the concerns of anti-Jewish prejudice or stereotyping that arose during their formative years in the land of Israel, community leader Prince Immanuel Ben Yehuda states simply that they have " grown up.

In response, Ben & Jerry's said that they would not be changing the sizes of their cartons.

Her 1961 " I'll Be There " was also in response to Ben E. King singing " Stand By Me " ( 1960 ).

Ben Sliney, FAA operations manager at Herndon, Virginia, and Monte Belger, FAA Acting Deputy Administrator on 9 / 11 both stated to the commission that military liaisons were present and participating in Herndon's response as the events of 9 / 11 unfolded.

However, a day later, in response to comments the WTC received via email and from comments received through Facebook, Ben Fertic, then CEO of WTC, appeared in a online video announcing that Ironman Access program would be rescinded, stating: " If you guys think we're wrong, we're wrong.

In response to Reilly's claim that he was unaware, Simone Buchanan and Ben Oxenbould came forward and alleged that they had separately approached Reilly during the show about Monahan's allegations towards Hughes, but had been warned to keep quiet.

Luke takes Ben to see Frank, whose first response is to shoot at his old friends.

After they rescue the princess, Augie Ben Doggie chooses to stay behind to battle Darph Nader ( in response, he is derogatorily called a " martyr " by the rest of the group ).

This book was followed by his next significant book of poems, Homage to Mistress Bradstreet ( 1956 ), which featured illustrations by the artist Ben Shahn and was Berryman's first book to receive " national attention " and a positive response from critics.

) In response, Hongnong ( which by this point was ruled by Yang Wo's brother and successor Yang Longyan after Yang Wo was assassinated in 908 ) sent Zhou Ben and Lü Shizao to put Su Prefecture under siege ; by 909, however, Wuyue forces had defeated Hongnong forces sieging Su, and Hongnong forces retreated.

Meanwhile, Jacen Solo takes his cousin, Ben Skywalker, from a camping trip on the Sanctuary Moon of Endor to Hapes in response to Tenel Ka Djo's call.

Gonen's response to the Egyptian attack during the Yom Kippur War and his actions during the first days of fighting ( culminating in the disastrous attack on Hizayon on October 8 ) was deemed a failure by the army's General Staff, and he was replaced on 10 October by Haim Bar-Lev.

Brueys refused, in the belief that his squadron could provide essential support to the French army on shore, and called his captains aboard his 120-gun flagship Orient to discuss their response should Nelson discover the fleet in its anchorage.

In response to this measure, women in many areas began circulating anti-oath pamphlets and refused to attend masses held by priests who had sworn oaths of loyalty to the Republic.

In response, many anarchists refused Marxist-type organisation, seeking to dissolve or undermine power and hierarchy by way of loose political-cultural groupings, or by championing organisation by a single, similtaneously economic and political administrative unit ( Ruhle, Syndicalism ).

In response to growing demands for multi-party democracy, the Traoré regime allowed some limited political liberalization, but refused to usher in a full-fledged democratic system.

They commenced proceedings in the High Court in 1982, in response to the Queensland Amendment Act 1982 establishing a system of making land grants on trust for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders, which the Murray Islanders refused to accept.

His papacy was dominated by his response to the Quinisext Council, whose canons he refused to accept.

In response, Charles Emmanuel refused to allow his siege equipment to be used against Mantua.

Another legend claims that following the Navigation Acts ( an ordinance by Oliver Cromwell requiring all foreign fleets in the North Sea or the Channel to dip their flag in salute ) the Wilhelmus was sung ( or rather, shouted ) by the sailors on the Dutch flagship Brederode in response to the first warning shot fired by an English fleet under Robert Blake, when their captain Maarten Tromp refused to lower his flag.

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 Clemenceau refused to be put forward for the vote in the National Assembly because he did not want to win by a small majority but by a near-unanimous vote.

In response the Roman Church refused to recognize the new Emperor and his patriarch.

Sack said that he attempted to publish a response in a letter to the editor of The New Republic but the magazine refused it.

Congress refused membership in the League of Nations, and in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia, the gradually more restrictive Neutrality Acts were passed, which were intended to prevent the U. S. from supporting either side in a war.

Aegidius refused to recognize Ricimer's new figurehead, Separated from Ricimer and Severus in Northern Gaul by the Visigoths and Burgunds, Aegidius was safe from any direct response they might make.

In response to the RMT declaring a 48-hour strike on 10 June 2009, Crow wrote in The Guardian Comment is free section the purpose of the move: " On London Underground, bosses are threatening to tear up an agreement aimed at safeguarding jobs, and have refused to rule out compulsory redundancies.

Among the report's findings were the revelation that the vast majority of allegations made in the diocese were not reported to the Garda, as required by the Church's 1996 guidelines ; that the Bishop of the Diocese, John Magee, and others had withheld full cooperation with the Government's investigation and had deliberately misrepresented his own response to the allegations ; and that the Vatican itself had both refused to cooperate in the investigation and counseled the Diocese that the 1996 guidelines were not binding.

In response, Kazemi's son, Stephen Hachemi, refused to allow the remaining photos to be displayed at the exhibition and told Radio-Canada that dismantling the exhibition shows lack of respect and they should either display all or none of the photos.

Entitled " Black Scourge in Europe: Sexual Horror Let Loose by France on the Rhine ", it insinuated gross hypersexuality on black people in general, but Lansbury refused to print McKay's response.

Iranians in the capital of Tehran refused to smoke tobacco and this collective response spread to neighboring provinces.

Zuazo refused to take extra-constitutional powers ( as previous military governments had done in similar crises ) and concentrated on preserving the democracy instead, shortening his term by one year in response to his unpopularity and the crisis racking his country.

Upon receiving Poinsett's response, Jesup summoned the chiefs to his camp, but they refused his invitation.

During the December 2010 snowfall on 6 December, Stevenson, on Newsnight Scotland, called the response to people being trapped on the main Scottish Motorway Network for more than 10 hours, as first class, and refused to apologise, claiming the amount of snow was un-forecast.

The Labour Party refused to support the non-payment campaign, especially amongst MPs-" Law makers must not be law breakers " was Labour leader Neil Kinnock's response.

Sarmiento refused, only to receive a response from his father that he was coming to collect him.

Akayev refused to resign, but pledged not to use force to end the protests, which he attributed to foreign interests seeking to provoke a large-scale clamp-down in response.