21.   His immediate response was to appeal.

22.   Although Great Western had no immediate response to the deal, Wall Street endorsed the proposed merger, sending the stock price of both companies soaring.

23.   An allergen, like pollen or dust, triggers an immediate hyperactive response from muscles, narrowing the airway to the lungs with constriction, spasms and inflammation.

24.   An allergen, such as pollen or dust, triggers an immediate hyperactive response from muscles, narrowing the airway with bronchoconstriction, bronchospasm and inflammation.

25.   And unlike old-fashioned letters, which generations of fans sent with little hope of hearing back, e-mail seems to demand an immediate response.

26.   Antihistamines do help, Kaszuba wrote, by limiting the immediate response to any exposure that occurs while the medicine is still working.

27.   Beyond the immediate responses, there was a more direct message for Germany.

28.   A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman could not be reached for an immediate response.

29.   A spokesman said House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., had no immediate response.