And there remains the possibility of a delayed reaction to current price levels, as consumers, particularly profligate Americans, turn to less thirsty cars and appliances.

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The reaction of the current regulators to these proposals ranges from mild scepticism to outright hostility.

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The reaction of the current generation of EU leaders, he added, has been "too little, too late".

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The cultural divide lies behind much of Germany's reaction to the current crisis.

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But the public relations industry has warned against an over-reaction to the current crop of lurid headlines, stressing that nothing has been proved against the four Labour peers.

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Contrast this reaction with that of my current employer.

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The most promising breakthrough in portable chargers is the use of fuel cells, a technology that creates a current from a chemical reaction.

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To look at current municipal default statistics, your first reaction might be that we have erroneously displayed the corporate defaults for 2008.

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Nonetheless, the French authorities' reaction to criticism has been notably more sanguine under the current government than under former President Nicolas Sarkozy.

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