rapid-response

As a member from the University of Washington points out, their freethought group maintains what he calls a 'rapid-response squad': If there was a preacher in the center of campus condemning everyone to hell, we'd have Secular Student Union members there in pirate costumes, holding up signs lauding the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Amarnath Amarasingam: With Reason On Their Side: Is Secularism A Movement? Amarnath Amarasingam 2011

The army is also training rapid-response teams made up of residents of most of the 120 West Bank settlements on how to deal with approaching Palestinian crowds.

Grappling With Protests, Israel Seeks to Limit Use of Force Joshua Mitnick 2011

The European Union agreed to send a rapid-response border force to help Greece patrol its land frontier with Turkey over which thousands of illegal immigrants are now entering the 27-nation bloc and overwhelming local law enforcement.

World Watch 2010

But then maybe the rapid-response denials from both sides of the Atlantic are true, and she said no such thing.

Peggy Drexler: Waiting for Michelle Peggy Drexler 2010

The European Union agreed Tuesday to send a rapid-response border force to help Greece patrol its land frontier with Turkey, as local Greek law enforcement has been overwhelmed by an influx of thousands of illegal immigrants entering the 27-nation bloc.

EU to Reinforce Greek Border Stephen Fidler 2010

The military prepared a rapid-response team, officials said.

U.N. to Probe Delay in Afghan Response Dion Nissenbaum 2011

She calls the firm Media Salad Inc., and describes it on her website as: a rapid-response research and reporting service that works on demand to deliver Market Intelligence so our clients can make informed strategic decisions faster.

Robert Schwab: Media Salad: Tossed Into Business Robert Schwab 2011

Within hours, an 82nd Airborne rapid-response unit was handing out food, water and medical supplies from two cargo pallets outside the airport, a helicopter lifted off with water to distribute, and a reconnaissance chopper went searching for drop zones around the capital to move out more aid.

Retired general: U.S. aid effort too slow 2010

She calls the firm Media Salad Inc., and describes it on her website as: a rapid-response research and reporting service that works on demand to deliver Market Intelligence so our clients can make informed strategic decisions faster.

Robert Schwab: Media Salad: Tossed Into Business Robert Schwab 2011

The reason that the republicans had such a field day with the stimulus is that broad (macroeconomic) guidelines were not established upfront, credible spokepersons were not put in place to defend them, and a rapid-response system was not put in place to fend off republican idiocy on substantive grounds.

Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Economics 2009