Word: respondents
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Several security guards said the radio logjam might hurt their ability to respond in the case of an emergency. One guard, who requested anonymity, said there would be a delay of a "few seconds" in getting the escort service off the radio but that such a delay "might be the difference...
Moreover, since the public shoe system was a large, impersonal, centralized government agency, it was not flexible enough to respond to consumer needs and only issued one style and size of shoe. While the affluent were wearing shoes that were right for them, the poor and much of the middle class had to limp along in shoes that were too big, too small or the wrong style. Only occasionally did the product suit the customer...
...pell-mell expansion of cities creates risks not just for their residents but for every human being. As cities grow, so does the demand for standardized, easily transportable foods. Farmers in the countryside respond to this demand by planting a narrower range of crops, which in turn increases the likelihood of major disruptions of the food supply by pests and droughts. Particularly in the developing world, cities act as destructive parasites on the surrounding countryside. Urban thirst for fuel wood and building materials leads to deforestation, which can destroy an area's watershed and thus cause flooding and soil erosion...
Traditionally, doctors inject patients with live but mutated forms of viruses which cause diseases such as polio, measles and small pox in order to elicit a mild immune response. The body then relies on its immune "memory" to respond and effectively to another attack, and becomes protected against future infections...
...QUESTION WAS TRICKY, AND BILL CLINTON REalized that he didn't have to answer it. Instead he gestured toward Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen to respond for him, adding with a laugh, "The great thing about having a Cabinet . . ." The sentence was incomplete, but the thought was clear: having chosen a team, the President-elect was no longer alone...