On April 14, 1986, in response to acts of terrorism then believed, and now known, to have been sponsored by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi — in particular, the Berlin discotheque bombing of April 6 — and against the backdrop of heightened tension and clashes between the Libyan and U. S. navies over Libya's disputed territorial water claims in the Gulf of Sidra, the United States launched a surprise attack on key facilities in Tripoli and other parts of Libya.

A state of parasympathetic `` tuning '' of the hypothalamus induced experimentally causes not only an increase in the parsympathetic reactivity of this structure to direct and reflexly induced stimuli, but leads also to an autonomic reversal: a stimulus acting sympathetically under control conditions elicits in this state of tuning a parasympathetic response!!

Only one other contemporary of More's evokes so immediate and direct a response, and only one other contemporary work -- Niccolo Machiavelli and The Prince.

Five different antibody isotypes are known in mammals, which perform different roles, and help direct the appropriate immune response for each different type of foreign object they encounter.

The founding of the SANNC was in direct response to injustice against black South Africans at the hands of the government then in power.

The popularity and success of the Baroque style was encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church, which had decided at the time of the Council of Trent, in response to the Protestant Reformation, that the arts should communicate religious themes in direct and emotional involvement.

A response to a check is a legal move if it results in a position where the king is no longer under direct attack ( that is, not in check ).

A subsequent U. S. trade embargo, instituted in October 1960 in response to Cuba's seizure of U. S .- owned properties, not only ensured that new vehicle exports would remain halted, but also denied Cuban motorists a direct source of replacement parts.

The development of a regional system of Human Rights protection operating across Europe can be seen as a direct response to twin concerns.

FIR digital filters may be implemented by the direct convolution of the desired impulse response with the input signal.

Davies, the gospel of Matthew was written as a direct response to developments within the Jewish community following the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 70 AD.

Hungary's foreign policy priorities, largely consistent since 1990, represent a direct response to these factors.

In response, Rome turned up the pressure, demanding that Tirana name Italians to direct the Gendarmerie ; join Italy in a customs union ; grant Italy control of the country's sugar, telegraph, and electrical monopolies ; teach the Italian language in all Albanian schools ; and admit Italian colonists.

As a direct response to Portuguese aggression in the interior, a new Kalanga state emerged called the Rozwi Empire.

The immune system response to a microorganism often causes symptoms such as a high fever and inflammation, and has the potential to be more devastating than direct damage caused by a microbe.

The short-lived utopia-like Lowell System was formed, as a direct response to the poor working conditions in Britain.

Although these type of questions will likely result in a " yes " or " no " response, they are properly understood to be direct questions, not leading questions, and are permissible.

It is known, however, that Newton wrote some of the hymns in direct response to events around him ; ' Oh for a closer walk with God ' for instance was written in response to the serious illness then being suffered by Cowper's house companion, Mary Unwin, an illness she survived.

The estrogen: ER complex binds to specific DNA sequences called a Hormone response element to activate the transcription of some 137 ER-regulated genes, of which 89 are direct target genes.

Garth Jowett and Victoria O ' Donnell have provided a concise, workable definition of the term: " Propaganda is the deliberate, systematic attempt to shape perceptions, manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist.

In this experiment, Cook & Mineka, through the use of video, appraised 22 rhesus monkeys on their fear to evolutionary relevant stimuli ( e. g. crocodiles and snakes ), and evolutionary irrelevant stimuli ( e. g. flowers and artificial rabbits ) to see if fear conditioning using the direct conditioning model ( Pavlov's model ) leads to fear acquisition ( or more specifically the conditioned fear response ).

In September 1830, under the guidance of General José Domingo Espinar, the local military commander who rebelled against the nation's central government in response to his being transferred to another command, Panama separated from the Republic of Colombia and requested that general Simón Bolívar take direct command of the Isthmus Department.

That on the western side was erected first, in direct response to the ban on sales of Western newspapers in East Berlin, and comprised an illuminated display board 30 m wide and 1. 5 m deep, facing east, supported on three steel lattice towers 25 m high and topped by the words DIE FREIE BERLINER PRESSE MELDET ( The Free Berlin Press Announces ).

The p21 gene contains several p53 response elements that mediate direct binding of the p53 protein, resulting in transcriptional activation of the gene encoding the p21 ( WAF1 ) protein.

While there are many different possibilities for the timing of casework intervention, the experiments recently reported from a variety of traditional settings all point up the importance of an immediate response to the client's initial need for help.

Currently the organization dates from 2001 with a distribution in several types of units: combat units, response units ( unités d ' intervention ), unités de soutien et d ' appui et finally special reserve units as part of 3 joint military régions ( interarmees ) and the 10 military land sectors.

On Independence Day 1821, in response to those who advocated American support for independence movements in many South American countries, Adams gave a speech in which he said that American policy was moral support for independence movements but not armed intervention.

In response, former Channel 4 chief executive Sir Jeremy Isaacs describing Loach's intervention as an act of censorship, he said: " They must not allow someone who has no real position, no rock to stand on, to interfere with their programming.

On September 13, 2001, just two days after the September 11 attacks and in response to what they saw as ambiguous statements about U. S. intervention in Afghanistan by the Libertarian National Committee, party members formed Libertarians for Peace to encourage the party to continue promoting a consistent non-interventionist position.

Military intervention by Yugoslav security forces led by Slobodan Milošević and Serb militia within Kosovo in response to diverse operations led by the KLA prompted an exodus of Kosovar Albanians / Serbs and a refugee crisis that eventually caused NATO to intervene militarily in order to stop what was widely identified as an ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing.

In response to the anti-war movement, the U. S. Congress passed the Case-Church Amendment to prohibit further U. S. military intervention in Vietnam in June 1973 and reduced aid to South Vietnam in August 1974.

Canning's response to the new situation was to move towards joint intervention: if intervention by Russia was inevitable, then he intended to ensure that it be constrained within parameters acceptable to Britain.

Placebos are widely used in medical research and medicine, and the placebo effect is a pervasive phenomenon ; in fact, it is part of the response to any active medical intervention.

Because the placebo response is simply the patient response that cannot be attributed to an investigational intervention, there are multiple possible components of a measured placebo effect.

In response, the more devoted of the station's listeners and fans began signing petitions, even going so far as to file an intervention with the CRTC to oppose the station's 1989 licence renewal.

In response to a request for pretexts for military intervention by the Chief of Operations of the Cuba Project, Brig.

# Since it would seem desirable to use legitimate provocation as the basis for US military intervention in Cuba a cover and deception plan, to include requisite preliminary actions such as has been developed in response to Task 33 c, could be executed as an initial effort to provoke Cuban reactions.

Our military posture throughout execution of the plan will allow a rapid change from exercise to intervention if Cuban response justifies.

In response to personal intervention from King Hussein of Jordan, Saddam released Uday, banishing him to Switzerland as the assistant to the Iraqi ambassador there.

According to the American Music Therapy Association Standards of Clinical Practice assessments should include the “ general categories of psychological, cognitive, communicative, social, and physiological functioning focusing on the client ’ s needs and strengths … and will also determine the client ’ s response to music, music skills, and musical preferences ” The result of the assessment is used to create an individualized music therapy intervention plan.

Mine operators hired gun thugs during the 1912 – 1913 strike, prompting the intervention of the Ontario Provincial Police, which had itself been formed in 1909 partly in response to lawlessness connected with the gold rush.

On July 29, 1853, In response to the renewed Danish claim to Schleswig as integral Danish territory, the German Federal Assembly ( instructed by Bismarck ) threatened German federal intervention.

Following the strong intervention undertaken by governments in response to market failures, a number of journalists, politicians and senior officials from global institutions such as the World Bank began saying that the Washington Consensus was dead.

This rapid response in a remote location arouses Mallow's suspicions, and Mallow gives the missionary to the mob, despite the frantic intervention of the agent.

When tumor response has reached > 90 % necrosis surgical intervention is planned.

In May 2011, Lévy argued for military intervention in Syria against Bashar al-Assad after violence against civilians in response to the 2011 Syrian uprising.