Responding to the announcement, opposition leader Walid Jumblatt said that he wanted to hear more specifics from Damascus about any withdrawal: " It's a nice gesture but ' next few months ' is quite vague – we need a clear-cut timetable ".

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 the need for animal research, DeBakey stated that " These scientists, veterinarians, physicians, surgeons and others who do research in animal labs are as much concerned about the care of the animals as anyone can be.

Responding to an urgent need for revenue following the American Revolutionary War, after passage of the U. S. Constitution the First United States Congress passed, and President George Washington, signed the Tariff Act of July 4, 1789, which authorized the collection of duties on imported goods.

Responding to the urgent need for revenue following the American Revolutionary War, the First United States Congress passed and President George Washington signed the Tariff Act of July 4, 1789, which authorized the collection of duties on imported goods.

Responding to the post-Civil War need to educate newly freed African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana and the surrounding region, the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church founded Straight University on June 12, 1868.

Responding to the post-Civil War need to educate newly freed African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana and the surrounding region, the American Missionary Association of the Congregational Church founded Straight University on June 12, 1868.

* International Programs: Responding to the need for HIV prevention, care, and treatment services, the Foundation works in regions of the world most affected by HIV and AIDS.

Responding to government proposals in 2008 to introduce legal rights for cohabiting couples, Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens, the most respected-bishop of the Church of Greece, suggested that " There is a need to change with the time ".

Responding to the need to train Christians for the ministry, Maranatha plans to add the Associate of Ministry and the Bachelor of Ministry degrees in the future.

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 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 forcefully to attempted security breaches ( in the manner that one would for attempted physical security breaches ) is often very difficult for a variety of reasons:

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 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.

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 requests from its customers — radio broadcasters, ad agencies and advertisers — that expressed their interest in the collection of more accurate ratings data, Arbitron introduced the Portable People Meter ( PPM ) service in 2007.

" Responding to Barker and Howell, Simon and Schouten noted, " Our own analysis suggests that the standardization and faking issues, as well as other problems not addressed in the Barker and Howell paper, warrant much more guarded conclusions about the use of the plethysmograph in legal and clinical settings.

Responding to data discovered in the report which indicates that schools with a Gay-straight alliance are seen and felt as being more supportive Egale created the mygsa. ca website.

Responding to FCC raids of several pirate FM stations in the San Antonio-Austin area, RPMRADIO started by gathering grass roots support, then turned on 10 pirate fm radio stations across the entire area, with the promise to replace each station raided with 10 more stations.

" Responding to whether the band felt pressured when working on the album, Wheeler responded " No, because to start off with, we're far more critical of ourselves than anyone else, and that's more a concern to us than what the press think.

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 this challenge, the University Library has been exploring innovative publishing ventures that provide more economically viable means to disseminate scholarship.

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 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 to its popularity and limited supply, an unrelated company, Kronan, began to produce a modernized version of the m / 42 in 1997.

Responding to the object's destructionwhich the crew soon learn was a boundary markera gigantic glowing sphere quickly approaches the Enterprise.