The response from critics was less enthusiastic.

He devised the Expansive Classification in response, to meet the needs of growing libraries, and to address some of the complaints of his critics

The painting received a negative response from critics and from his family, and caused another " violent outburst of moral indignation " from the community.

There is no evidence that her books ' popularity ever suffered: her response to criticism is said to be that she was not interested in the views of critics aged over 12 .< ref >

" After the public's response to Bacall's debut performance in To Have and Have Not at the urging of director Howard Hawks production partner Charles K. Feldman, scenes were re-written to heighten the ' insolent ' quality that had intrigued critics and audiences in that film.

It was harshly panned by both contemporary and later literary critics, with even kinder critics regarding the work as " a long-winded sob story " which many have found to be " simply unreadable ," and this negative response has been speculated to be the reason Salinger decided to quit publishing.

As an apologetic treatise it was intended to point out the futility of pagan beliefs and to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity as a response to pagan critics.

In further response to this issue, rock critic Jim DeRogatis, a former Rolling Stone editor, published a thorough critique of the magazine's lists in a book called Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders the Classics ( ISBN 1-56980-276-9 ), which featured differing opinions from many younger critics.

Soul Coughing developed a devout fanbase and have garnered largely positive response from critics.

Faludi has rejected the claim advanced by critics that there is a " rigid, monolithic feminist orthodoxy ", noting in response that she has disagreed with Gloria Steinem about pornography and Naomi Wolf about abortion.

Although the show's writers and producers received a minimal negative reaction from Willow choosing Tara over Oz, the response from viewers and critics alike was overwhelming towards Whedon for killing Tara, accusing him of homophobia.

In response to his critics, Thackeray explained that he saw people for the most part " abominably foolish and selfish ".

The collaboration garnered a positive response from both fans and critics, resulting in speculation about future projects together.

In response to such criticisms, English novelist George Eliot, writing for the Westminster Review, characterized such critics as uninspired and narrow-minded:

The Inuit defend their relationship with the seal in response to outside critics.

Similarly to Keeper of the Flame and Without Love, a lukewarm response from critics did not stop it from being a financial success both at home and abroad.

Some developers and communities have switched to the GPL or a GPL compatible license in response, which critics and supporters alike agree is intentional end result.

In the Autumn of 1968 he returned to France, where he published L ' archéologie du savoir ( The Archaeology of Knowledge ) – a methodological treatise that included a response to his critics – in 1969.

The film was met with a mixed response upon its initial release, with many critics praising its technical achievements while deriding its simplistic and naïve storyline.

Some critics like Julian Spalding and Donald Kuspit have suggested that skepticism, even rejection, is a legitimate and reasonable response to much contemporary art.

It did not receive the same praise as the first, as critics gave it only a lukewarm response.

Later, following the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, critics called for FEMA to be removed from the Department of Homeland Security.

When it was first released, the film received a mixed response and garnered exceptionally harsh reviews from New York critics — Stanley Kauffmann (" the film bloats into sogginess ", The New Republic ); Pauline Kael (" amateurishly crude ", The New Yorker ); and Andrew Sarris — partly because of its directorial style and broad ethnic humor.

Often regarded in the context of D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, which had appeared five years earlier, critics have considered Micheaux's project as a response to Griffith.

In response McGuinness rejected the claims as " fantasy ", while Gerry O ' Hara, a Sinn Féin councillor in Derry stated that he and not Ward was the Fianna leader at the time.

Brzezinski has stated that the United States provided communications equipment and limited financial aid to the mujahideen prior to the " formal " invasion, but only in response to the Soviet deployment of forces to Afghanistan and the 1978 coup, and with the intention of preventing further Soviet encroachment in the region.

Figures in the March 14 Forces stated in response that Hezbullah was simply looking for

Ivan Pavlov stated that hypnotic suggestion provided the best example of a conditioned reflex response in human beings, i. e., that responses to suggestions were learned associations triggered by the words used.

The day after the bill was reintroduced two Ohioans, Rep. Joshua Giddings and Sen. Salmon P. Chase, published a free soil response titled, “ Appeal of the Independent Democrats in congress to the People of the United States .” The appeal stated:

Chomsky's response to the film was mixed ; in a published conversation with Achbar and several activists, he stated that film simply doesn't communicate his message, leading people to believe that he is the leader of some movement that they should join.

The prosecutor stated that " This case ... has all the hallmarks of criminal street gang activity: a drive by shooting in response to a perceived slight and a graffiti tagging of the intended victims ' apartment.

Earlier it was stated that, " if plasma is pushed hard enough, it generates electric fields which allow it to move in response to the push, often ( not always ) deforming the magnetic field in the process.

In response to passing the legislation, Clinton stated that " when someone is a victim, he or she should be at the center of the criminal justice process, not on the outside looking in.

In response to a 1995 letter published in the New England Journal of Medicine, representatives of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) stated the agency would " update the labeling insert for all marketed fluoroquinolones to include a warning about the possibility of tendon rupture.

As a response to the expanded military cooperation the defence proposition of 2009 stated that Sweden will not remain passive if a Nordic country or a member of the European Union were attacked.

Sokal stated in his response:

* In response to NASA research confirming 2010 tied for the warmest year on record, James Hanson, Chief Climate Scientist and Director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies at NASA, stated: " if the warming trend continues, as is expected, if greenhouse gases continue to increase, the 2010 record will not stand for long.

A 1971 review from Creem stated " My response is that crystallization of everything that is rock ' n ' roll music, at its finest, was to allow my jaw to drop, my body to move, to leap out of the chair ...

He stated that he believed that only a direct response model — in which the return on investment of individual ads was measured — would prove sustainable over the long run for online advertising.

Analyst Laura Ries, of marketing strategy firm Ries & Ries, stated she believed Taco Bell's latest response was a mistake.

Living history museums have also been criticized for their ability to teach, particularly from those that believe “ living history is antiquarian, idyllic, or downright misleading .” In response to this question, the Association for Living History, Farm, and Agricultural Museums ( ALHFAM ) has stated that they distinguish between an unchanging past and an interpretation of a constantly changing past.

In response, Palin stated the reason these wolves are killed is to protect the caribou population in Alaska, and she called the Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund an " extreme fringe group ".

In response to the criticism, Eastwood stated " I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.

" Regarding reductions in Russian stockpiles, another response stated that " a similarly one-sided examination of in U. S. forces would have painted a similarly dire portrait ".

" In response to Lopes ' comments, Watkins and Thomas stated to Entertainment Weekly that Lopes " doesn't respect the whole group " and " Left Eye is only concerned with Left Eye ".

In January 1964, Nasser called for an Arab League summit in Cairo, with the stated purpose of establishing a unified Arab response against Israel's plans to divert water from the Jordan River to irrigate the Negev Desert.

In response to the report, Subway stated they were reevaluating their advertising, training and packaging materials with regard to the specific or implied length of Giant Subs, and were advising their franchisees to only discuss with customers the approximate number of expected servings and not a specific length of measurement.

The Catholic News Agency ( CNA ), in an online news story article posted by Alejandro Bermudez on Saturday, March 31, 2012, stated that, in response to a specific request made personally to Cuban President Raul Castro by Pope Benedict XVI, during his Apostolic Visitation of Leon, Mexico and the island in March of 2012, following the pattern of small advances in Church-Cuban relations, it was decreed by the Communist Party and Castro and his advisers that in 2012, Good Friday would be made a holiday, with a possibility that the move could perhaps be made permanent ( following the move of the late Pope John Paul II, who got Fidel Castro to declare Christmas Day a holiday-which is still the case-due to a personal request during his landmark trip in 1998 ).

Brzezinski has stated that the United States provided communications equipment and limited financial aid to the mujahideen prior to the " formal " invasion, but only in response to the Soviet deployment of forces to Afghanistan and the 1978 coup, and with the intention of preventing further Soviet encroachment in the region.