Often,the brains response is to create its own input, in the form of a hallucination.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

Allergies are abnormal reactions of the immune system in response to otherwise harmless substances.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

In response, the insurgents have promised to step up attacks on diplomats, members of the Afghan government, lawmakers,NATO forces and foreign contractors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

Some Republicans disagree. In his party's response, Governor Haley Barbour of the southern state of Mississippi calls the president's budget "a spending spree."

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Israel says its three-week assault on the Gaza Strip was an act of legitimate self-defense in response to years of Palestinian rocket attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

FAO agronomist Arne Fritz, who is in charge of the emergency response in the Petit Guave area.

VOA: standard.2010.04.02

His initial response to Sunday's dramatic events was delivered in the form of a written statement.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13

Organizers say many Hondurans are hurting since foreign aid groups have suspended assistance in response to the ouster of leftist President Manuel Zelaya in June.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Nigerian Information Minister Dora Akunyili told reporters a range of measures have been introduced to boost security at airports in response to the failed attack.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded the island in response to a coup in Nicosia by supporters of a union with Greece.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

Mr.Erdogan accused Israel of "barbarian acts" during the 22-day Gaza incursion, which Israel launched in response to a wave of deadly rocket attacks from Palestinian territory.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

However,their visa applications have been rejected by immigration officials in Canberra, insist their decision is part of the government's response to Pyongyang's missile and nuclear weapons programs.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

In the course of an entirely different experiment, Hargreaves and his team of researchers discovered that the skin produces its own capsaicin-like molecules, in response to pain.

VOA: standard.2010.05.04

And he accused some members of offering forces for peacekeeping in Bosnia or for the never-used NATO Response Force, rather than for more dangerous missions in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24