Most legislation emerges from committee, where the chairman and key members respond to pressures from their leaders and party members.

"Maybe you don't understand," responded FAIR's chairman as he took a seat across from him.

But Disney's chairman, Michael Eisner, responded strongly to the notion that he stole ideas.

Yesterday, our chairman in Iowa responded to these increasingly personal attacks on the Vice President by issuing a statement.

When our chairman responded that the Red Arrow had been late, the editor said: "Impossible.

"Everybody in the industry is watching to see how a new chairman responds to something like this," Mr. Lusk said in an interview.

The chairman of a House armed services subcommittee immediately responded that big weapons programs needed more Congressional control, not less.

The chairman of the committee responded that it was the best that they could do and more respectable Republicans refused to be nominated.

The chairman responded that he was making painful cuts, having announced plans to cut costs by $500 million a year and its work force by 20,000.

SBC's chairman responds that he is simply looking for a level playing field.