Responding to these civil failures and discontent, the Qing Imperial Court attempted to reform the government in various ways, such as the decision to draft a constitution in 1906, the establishment of provincial legislatures in 1909 and the preparation for a national parliament in 1910.

Responding to Hungarian-Romanian clashes, Pătrăşcanu gave a speech in the city of Cluj, one in which he attempted to identify communism and patriotism.

Responding to criticism over the use of Friend Codes in the games, Ishihara explained that it was a security measure taken to ensure that players would not be able to chat with strangers over the Wi-Fi connection.

Responding to her critics, Bachman said that " The concerns I have and my colleagues have are real ," and " We cannot elevate political correctness over national security.

Responding to an unrelated security alert, Kid Devil enters the room to find a handcuffed Rose pinned to the bed by Tim Drake, exclaiming, " Hot damn!

Responding to questions regarding Yamantaw in 1996, Russia's Defense Ministry stated: " The practice does not exist in the Defense Ministry of Russia of informing foreign mass media about facilities, whatever they are, that are under construction in the interests of strengthening the security of Russia.

Responding in part to Wheeler in 1986, Charles Rzepka analysed the relationship between the poet and the audience of the poem while describing Kubla Khan as one of " Coleridge's three great poems of the supernatural ".

" Responding to the majority's assertion that the profession of a baker was not an unhealthy one, he quoted at length from academic studies describing the respiratory ailments and other risks that bakers faced.

Responding to criticisms and demands for an apology, Khairy said his remarks were misunderstood and he " will not apologise " as he was acting only " in defence of the Malays and his party " and that " if we truly fight for our race, one should not apologise ".

Responding to the growing demand for technology in today ’ s K-12 and college classrooms, McGraw-Hill Education began shifting from a print-based business model to one that relies on digital products sold through subscriptions and other services in the late 2000s.

Responding to a demand for business premises, he bought a piece of land and built twelve corrugated iron sheds for offices and rented eleven out monthly and kept one for himself.

Responding to pressure from the African-American community, the character Lil ' Eightball ( who appeared in a handful of Walter Lantz cartoons in the late 1930s and in those initial appearances constituted what animation and comics historian Michael Barrier described as being a " grotesquely stereotypical black boy ") was discontinued as one of the featured characters in the Lantz anthology comic book New Funnies ; the last appearance of the character was in the August 1947 issue.

Responding to the cuts, Bouchard said in a television interview several weeks later: " Ten years from now, no one will remember Benoît Bouchard cut Via Rail ".

Ending poverty is a global responsibility and the international community unites at the 20th anniversary of the World Economic Forum on East Asia held from June 12 to 13 in Jakarta, Indonesia under the theme “ Responding to the New Globalism .” GK chairman and Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Philippines for 2010 Tony Meloto was one of the panelists in a plenary session on Inclusive Asia: Reinvigorating the Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ).

Responding to the leak, The Heartland Institute said one of the documents released, a two-page ' Strategy Memo ', had been forged.

Responding to demand for ongoing analysis, UNDP and partners in the region decided to sponsor three additional reports, each one exploring to greater depth, in turn, the three deficits identified by the first AHDR.

Responding to pressure for political change, the colonial government scheduled an election in mid-1964 for the first legislative council in which the Swazis would participate.

Responding to a claim by an anonymous law enforcement official that she would not speak to federal investigators without a promise of legal immunity, Olsen's attorney Michael C. Miller said:

Responding to his worry about concentration, research monies would be equitably spread across universities.

Responding to an explicit challenge from Drosnin, who claimed that other texts such as Moby-Dick would not yield ELS results comparable to the Torah, McKay created a new experiment that was tuned to find many ELS letter arrays in Moby-Dick that relate to modern events, including the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Basically random windows would lose their contents, go white and the Windows taskbar and titlebar will show ' Not Responding '.

Responding to widespread public outcry over the scaled-back design, Governor Mitch Daniels announced on December 12, 2007, that US-24 would have been built as a freeway initially from Bruick Road to the Ohio state line, with interchanges at SR-101 and Webster Road.

He said, “ there is no logic in the government allocating subsidies worth almost RM1 billion on a commodity that could endanger the people ’ s health .” Responding to concerns about how these reforms might affect the poor the Prime Minister's Office pointed out that Malaysia will still be spending RM7. 82 billion per year on fuel and sugar subsidies and that prices for these commodities would remain the lowest in Southeast Asia.

Responding to an ad in The Village Voice in the summer of 1970, Fagen and Becker met guitarist Denny Dias and started a musical partnership that formed the basis of what would eventually become Steely Dan.

Responding to a reporter's question, Kiriyenko said that the Bushehr power plant would not affect nuclear non-proliferation and that there was nothing preventing Iran-Russia energy cooperation.

Responding to positive pre-orders and advance sales of Turok, Acclaim announced on January 2, 1997 that a sequel, tentatively titled Turok: Dinosaur Hunter 2, would be released in late 1997.

Responding to a 1986 report on 3 year capital expenditures projected at almost $ 35 billion, VP of finance F. Alan Smith ( no relation ) opined that the sum could be spent on purchasing both Toyota and Nissan resulting in a bump in market share overnight and openly questioned whether the proposed capital expenditures would pay the same dividends ; they did not.

Responding to the Royal British Legion's campaign, the former Secretary of State for Health Alan Johnson announced in November 2007 that armed forces veterans would get priority treatment on the National Health Service, and those injured would be treated immediately in hospital rather than go through waiting lists.

Responding to concerns from chronic Lyme disease advocacy groups, Blumenthal claimed the IDSA guidelines would " severely constrict choices and legitimate diagnosis and treatment options for patients.

Responding to interventions by Lloyd George and Herbert Morrison, Chamberlain said that Churchill would retain all his existing responsibilities, and that his additional role had been decided upon since the start of the Norway campaign but not as a response to it.

Responding to a rumor ( by Modrikamen ) that it had bought up to 9 % of the Fortis shares, so as to vote on the upcoming meeting of shareholders, BNP Baribas let it be known that it controlled 0. 35 % voting shares ( directly and indirectly ) and that daughter-companies held a further 0. 23 %, which however it did not control, as they would vote independently.

Responding to concerns that Lithuania would become more dependent on Russian energy sources that could be withdrawn if relations deteriorate, President Dalia Grybauskaitė issued reassuring statements in late 2009.

Responding to a question on same-sex marriage at an all-candidates debate, she said, " I believe in the right to choose, so I would be voting in favour of it.

Responding to the needs of African American males at the University, Founder Dr. Tyrone Bledsoe had a vision to create an organization that would provide student development intervention and support to African American men enrolled in college.

Responding to the idea of replacing SONGS with solar power, retired physics and astronomy professor Dennis Silverman, of the University of California, Irvine, has calculated it would require a facility that would be 20 square miles large, ten times larger than Orange County Great Park, and would cost $ 44 billion dollars.

Responding angrily to the United Nations Security Council's Presidential Statement issued on April 13, 2009 that condemned the North Korean failed satellite launch, the DPRK declared on April 14, 2009 that it would pull out of Six Party Talks and that it would resume its nuclear enrichment program in order to boost its nuclear deterrent.

Responding to favorable public opinion to alleviate unemployment Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, on 8 April 1935, which included continued funding for the CCC program through 31 March 1937.

Responding to popular disdain for the sometimes corrupt City Council, LaGuardia successfully proposed a reformed 1938 City Charter that created a powerful new New York City Board of Estimate, similar to a corporate board of directors.

Responding to complaints about OS / 2 2. 0's high demands on computer hardware, version 3. 0 was significantly optimized both for speed and size.

Responding to a question by The Times film critic Kate Muir about his German roots and his comments in a Danish film magazine about the Nazi aesthetic, von Trier claimed to have some sympathy for and understanding of Adolf Hitler, and then jokingly claimed to be a Nazi himself:

Responding to cues ( stimuli ), these transcription factors turn on / off the transcription of the appropriate genes, which, in turn, allows for changes in cell morphology or activities needed for cell fate determination and cellular differentiation.

Responding to popular appeal Dawid Faure gathered a congregation of people who felt the need for a church unfettered by traditional dogmas, open to the advances of modern knowledge and receptive to new spiritual insights.

Responding to German requests for speedier communication, in 1943 Pujol and Harris created a fictional radio mechanic to communicate directly.

Responding on the calls of Welsh devolution, in 1964 the Labour Government gave effect to these proposals establishing the unelected Welsh Office () and Secretary of State for Wales.

Responding to growing pressure for a political opening, the PAICV called an emergency congress in February 1990 to discuss proposed constitutional changes to end one-party rule.

Responding to public pressure for political reform, President Habyarimana announced in July 1990 his intention to transform Rwanda's one-party state into a multi-party democracy.

Responding to calls for help from these former Greek colonies, King Archidamus III of Sparta sets sail with a band of mercenaries for Italy.

Responding to a remark made by Labour Prime Minister Harold Wilson about not having boots in which to go to school, Macmillan retorted: ' If Mr Wilson did not have boots to go to school that is because he was too big for them.

Responding to the attack during the ceremony, the UN said the attackers " have shown their utter disrespect for the history and people of Afghanistan.

Responding to the problems from those elections, the Congress proposed the Twelfth Amendment in 1803 — prescribing electors cast separate ballots for President and Vice President — to replace the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3.

Responding to the news, Chris Gibson-Smith, the LSE's chairman, said: " The Exchange ’ s strategy has produced outstanding results for shareholders by facilitating a structural shift in volume growth in an increasingly international market at the centre of the world ’ s equity flows.

Responding to an urgent call for assistance from Lee, Hill marched his men at a grueling pace and reached the battlefield just in time to counterattack a strong forward movement by the corps of Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, which had threatened to destroy Lee's right flank.

Responding to the popularity of Pritchard's and other exposures of masonic ritual, Grand Lodge, about this time, made changes to ritual and passwords to make it more difficult for outsiders to pass themselves off as masons.

Responding to this claim, psychologist Albert Ellis wrote " Here Rand falsely notes that two and two make four: and that you are noble for grasping this ' fact.