Sentences with phrase «was an appropriate response»

«The American strike on Shayrat air base in Syria is an appropriate response to [Assad's] mass homicide,» said Fred Hof, the director of the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and former US special adviser on Syria.

Extraordinary instruments and techniques of monetary policy used by the Fed have been an appropriate response to an imploding financial system and the ensuing recession of exceptional severity.

The British government said in a statement the U.S. missile strikes were an appropriate response to the «barbaric chemical weapons attack» launched by the Syrian government.

So even if the FOMC agreed wholeheartedly with my own views, an aggressive easing of monetary policy still would not be the appropriate response.

Grief is the appropriate response in times of tragedy, though some expressions are more appropriate than others.

«Now, as you can see, if (as you believe) the predetermining «power or agency» is the laws that govern our physical universe, then fatalism would seem to be the appropriate response.»

now, two of those choices (# 4 and # 1) are appropriate responses, # 3 is a paranoid response, and 2 represents a delusional response.

If it is the task of liberation theology to speak from the point of view of the victims of social and economic injustice, what is the appropriate response of those theologians in the oppressor community who hear and want to support the aspirations of the oppressed?

Hence the implication of Ramban's words is that weeping is an appropriate response, not an excessive one, to the human experience of separation.

Self - giving is an appropriate response to the sovereignty of God expressed for the church through Christ.

And relative silence seems to be the appropriate response, for speaking while holding your breath does not seem to go well together.

For some it is always absolutely wrong; for others it may be an appropriate response in exceptional situations.

At each step in the evolutionary process of the universe, or of a life, there is an appropriate response.

With this in mind, I've come to believe that «I don't know» is an appropriate response to tough questions, a response that may (at times) make a better case for hope than a five - point lecture ever could.

This moving episode between Moses and the Word moreover has the quality of psychological and emotional authenticity; its vastly strengthened language of protest is an appropriate response to Moses» apparently abject failure in his preliminary meetings with Pharaoh and with Israel's representative foremen.

«Quite often - depending on the circumstances - a light smack can be an appropriate response to an incidence that has occurred.

Sorry to be so basic, but I feel that was an appropriate response for how epic these are!

So long as someone else says or does something offensive, punches and beatdowns are the appropriate response.

Avoid physical discipline, as it teaches the child that hitting is an appropriate response to a negative situation.

He's sad, he's disappointed, things didn't go his way, or he's hurt, or he's so angry all he can do his cry — weep with those who weep - comfort him, that's the appropriate response.

one shouts as he swings across the monkey bars again for the 20th time — be happy with those who are happy — that's the appropriate response.

While some say campaign finance reform is an appropriate response Ranzenhofer doesn't believe either alleged case of corruption can be blamed on the current campaign laws.

Asked whether Clinton should have resigned because of the affair with the former White House intern, Gillibrand said, «Yes, I think that is the appropriate response.»

Asked if Bill Clinton should have stepped down, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat of New York, said, «Yes, I think that is the appropriate response.»

That was the appropriate response.

Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Island, said he believed the deal was an appropriate response to the current climate.

In a sense, the ultimate key question is how the brain conducts the mysterious process by which it absorbs information in the form of lights and colors, sounds, smells and tactile inputs and transforms them into physical actions — ideally behaviors that are appropriate responses to the inputs.

I thought a slap in the face would have been an appropriate response because that was.

hereas ability grouping with age - peers, or a moderate degree of acceleration, may be an appropriate response to the academic and social needs of moderately gifted students, they are not adequate to the needs of the exceptionally and profoundly gifted.

This is an appropriate response given the obstacles Ofsted faces in inspecting Academy chains for school improvement functions.

For example, with regard to «Expectation of Agreement,» the consideration may be that all affected interests recognize that there is a problem that must be solved and that Federal regulation is the appropriate response.

was an appropriate response to a first look at the clumsily composed facade.

What is the appropriate response of a writer in times like these?

«Certainly, some tightening of credit standards was an appropriate response to the lax lending conditions that prevailed in the years leading up to the peak in house prices.

While I believe in their agency efforts, I replied with what I think was an appropriate response.

In my work, I use a lot of different planes, to which these photographs are an appropriate response.

I suggested also that safe cycling infrastructure was the appropriate response, and that there was not much danger to pedestrians here since there were none.

But I am not at all sure how much warming, what the consequences will be, or what is the appropriate response.

Andrew - when people express beliefs based upon either ignorance or stupidity what is the appropriate response?

And alarm is an appropriate response once you do grasp it.

When someone states that they are «sure» or «highly confident» that more CO2 will lead to disastrous changes in the climate, what is the appropriate response in your opinion?

If your dismissive assertions were an appropriate response then there would be no point in these blogs at all.

Is this an appropriate response for a reviewer faced with such a paper?

It is the appropriate response.

The appeal to authority is an appropriate response to someone who thinks GW is a hoax.

So what would be the appropriate response to these hazards?

Regardless of what you believe, gratitude is an appropriate response to these kind of realizations.

To determine if strike out was an appropriate response to the intimidatory conduct the tribunal considered the relevant authorities, most notably the case of Bolch v Chapman [2004] IRLR 140, [2003] All ER (D) 122 (Nov).

Otherwise there is absolutely no reason not to recuse — a simple shrug of the shoulders and the filing of a resignation would be the appropriate response.

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