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.

There was evident delight on the part of the subject in response to her experience of the freedom of movement.

In response to a neighbor's complaint that his target shooting endangered her children, he replied, " If that should ever happen, ma-da-me, we should ourselves be happy to get new ones with you " ( though he was not at all inclined to engage with females in the manner implied ).

Pharmacogenomics is the study of how the genetic inheritance of an individual affects his / her body's response to drugs.

In her book The New Celibacy, Gabrielle Brown states that " abstinence is a response on the outside to what's going on, and celibacy is a response from the inside.

* If the Venerable was not a martyr – all non-martyrs are " confessors " as they " confessed " or bore witness to their faith by how they lived their lives – it must be proven that a miracle has taken place by his or her intercession: that is, that God has shown a sign that the person is enjoying the Beatific Vision by God performing a miracle in response to the Blessed's prayers.

The King Maqooqas in response appreciated the invitation and gifted two concubines Maria Qibtia and her sister Sirin with two horses.

She begins by claiming that her opponent was an “ expert in rhetoric ” as compared to herself “ a woman ignorant of subtle understanding and agile sentiment .” In this particular apologetic response, de Pizan belittles her own style.

In response, Eleanor broke down, and meekly excused her behaviour, claiming to be bitter because of her lack of children.

In response to this, Bernard became more kindly towards her: " My child, seek those things which make for peace.

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 >

Rice responded to the comments with her own lengthy response, which was quickly met with more feedback from users.

Baudricourt's sarcastic response did not deter her.

The second stanza of the poem is the narrator's response to the power and effects of an Abyssinian maid's song, which enraptures him but leaves him unable to act on her inspiration unless he could hear her once again.

There was varied response in the obituary pages of leading publications, although most recognized her technical breakthroughs in film making:

In response, Loki calls Freyja a malicious witch, and claims that Freyja was once astride her brother Freyr, when all of the other laughing gods surprised her, Freyja then farted.

Luthor's response is to imprison her while she is drugged during childbirth, keeping her in a permanently-unconscious state.

In response to her popularity, Hollywood rethought its vision of features as " canned theatre ," and focused instead on actors and material that were uniquely suited to film, not stage performances.

A demurrer is a pleading ( usually filed by a defendant ) which objects to the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleading ( usually a complaint ) and demands that the court rule immediately about whether the pleading is legally adequate before the party must plead on the merits in response.

In practice, wrapping then unwrapping is used to change the direction of the spin in response to the opponent's movement.

In response to the charge, the AEL stated not to " endorse any anti-Semitic, homophobic or sexist stands.

On 24 November, Sandilands released a statement during the airing of The Kyle and Jackie O Show in response to claim that the comments he made were sexist, " If you took a personal offence to it Ali I'm sorry, but maybe you should think again before you start going ( against ) different people.

* Ask Abby and Andy, a relationship advice segment in which Abby ( Sullivan ) would give caring, insightful advice in response to the mailed-in problems, after which Andy ( Blaze ) would give his outrageous ( and usually sexist ) point of view on the subject.

Lindgren later related that Karin had suddenly said to her, " Tell me a story about Pippi Longstocking ," and the tale was created in response to that remark.

Even Queen Victoria herself was said to be amused when Mary Anne commented, in response to a remark about some lady's pale complexion, " I wish you could see my Dizzy in his bath!

Irving then claimed to have asked the naval adjutant when Hitler made that remark, and upon hearing that the date was 24 March 1938, Irving stated in response " Herr Admiral, at that moment I was being born ".

His long-serving deputy at the Treasury, Joel Barnett, in response to a remark by a third party that " Denis Healey would sell his own grandmother ", quipped, " No, he would get me to do it for him ".

" Aguilera, in response to Durst's remark, commented, " He got no nookie.

Her response deflates Holden's mood and prompts his remark: " You give me a royal pain in the ass, if you want to know the truth.

" The remark was part of a longer response to the 1992 Los Angeles riots.

In March 2009 Stevenson apologised for the use of an " intemperate word " in Parliament when he said the word " bollocks " in an off-mic remark in response to sedentary remarks by Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles on the relationship between Scottish ministers and officials at Transport Scotland.

As evidence they cited a remark that Stone had made in his column of November 11, 1951 in response to reports in the NY Herald Tribune about his leftist sympathies, that he would not be surprised if he read in the Herald Tribune " that I was smuggled in from Pinsk in a carton of blintzes ".

The urge to construct more than 2, 500 modern machines, among them the Bloch MB. 170 bomber and the Dewoitine D. 520 fighter plane, had been a response to circumstances by the French government, which itself had been prompted by an alleged remark by the then-commander-in-chief of the air force, who claimed that less than half the approximately 1, 400 front-line aircraft would be ready to go to war at a moment ’ s notice ; and most of those were obsolescent, anyway.

In late July 2009, Conyers, commenting on the healthcare debate in the House, stated that “ I love these members, they get up and say, ‘ Read the bill '... What good is reading the bill if it ’ s a thousand pages and you don ’ t have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill ?” His remark brought criticism from government transparency advocates such as the Sunlight Foundation, which referred to readthebill. org in response.

In response, Bonnet claimed that he and Saint-Legér Léger saw " eye to eye ", leading to Phipps, who knew about the true state of relations between the two to remark drily, " in that case the eyes must be astigmatic ".

" ( given in response to a seemingly innocent remark made by her interlocutor, but perceived by her as ribald double entendre ), preceded a hefty shove on the shoulder of the interlocutor, and a prompt about-turn walk-off with a leg trip.

Frost himself states that " the only place with more warp factors than Denton is Starship Enterprise ", in response to a remark by Mullett about warped minds.

) Another expression he often utters is " Don't confuse me ," typically in response to any remark that challenges his ridiculously one-dimensional worldview.

Although that remark was widely interpreted as a slight, Mussina joked in response that he could not pitch like Moyer because he did not throw left-handed, and afterwards he excelled, going 9 – 1 in his subsequent eleven starts.

The lead track of the album ( Alacrán ) was a direct response to a snide remark made in an El Gran Combo song released after Montañez left El Gran Combo.

Moreover, Stelios makes the remark in response to a Persian taunt, not the statement of a fellow Greek.

" It is also at this point, in response to Elizabeth's remark, that Mary proclaims the Magnificat ( My soul doth magnify the Lord ),, for which reason this canticle had traditionally been reserved for this feast day.