Word: responded
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McFarlane stressed in his speech that attacks such as those against Libya should be part of a "coherent family of instruments, not all of which are applicable against every target." The U.S. should first respond with nonviolent but "active" measures, such as economic sanctions, he said...
Ever since the West Berlin discotheque bombing in early April, TIME's national security experts, along with the rest of the U.S., had watched for signs of whether the U.S. would respond and how. Two weeks ago, as officials uncovered harder and harder evidence of Libyan involvement, Washington Correspondents Bruce van Voorst and Michael Duffy became increasingly convinced of U.S. willingness to strike back. Their colleague David Halevy confirmed from intelligence sources that the White House was concerned about signs of Libyan plans for further provocation. Says Duffy: "We scrambled to confirm the exact time and nature of the attack...
Virtually every major computer firm is racing behind Kurzweil to develop similar machines because their potential uses are almost unlimited. Executives could write notes merely by speaking into the computers, and eventually robots equipped with the devices could respond to spoken commands, like Artoo-Detoo of Star Wars fame. Though the technology is expensive (Kurzweil's VoiceWriter will probably sell for $24,000), industry experts expect the market for speech-recognition machines to burgeon, from less than $100 million this year to $2 billion by 1990. Kurzweil's closest competitor appears to be IBM, which two weeks ago introduced...
...will probably get worse. Stimulated by the release of estrogen, the implanted tissue grows and spreads. Cells from the growths break away and are ferried by lymphatic fluid throughout the body, sometimes, although rarely, forming islands in the lungs, kidneys, bowel or even the nasal passages. There they respond to the menstrual cycle, causing monthly bleeding from the rectum or wherever else they have settled...
Under the Ethics of Government Act, Meese must respond within 30 days and tell the senators whether he has asked the court to appoint an independent counsel, or, if not, why Smith said...