Reagan caught Thatcher so unawares that she had no chance to send the friendly "Dear Ron" response drafted after Reagan said he was giving "serious consideration" to an invasion.
When Russia invaded Georgia in August, Mr. Obama's initial response, drafted just before he left for vacation in Hawaii, was nuanced, urging both nations to exercise restraint.
The appeal was also praised in a response drafted by four scholars at Yale Divinity School and endorsed by nearly 300 Christian leaders.
Among others who seemed to wonder if the actor was behaving like someone from another planet was George Takei – Sulu in the original Star Trek – who said he was, in response, "drafting a DNC speech to [an] imaginary Romney in an empty factory".
A response drafted by top editors for the use of the office of the publisher in replying to complaints about the Hitt story asserted that there was "no reason to doubt the accuracy of the facts as reported".
The response, drafted by Mr. Klein and the company's general counsel, Gerson A. Zweifach, dismissed the personal jabs at Mr. Murdoch as "unjustified and highly partisan," but also acknowledged that the company's response to wrongdoing in Britain had been "too slow and too defensive".
Every comment received by the project coordinator was acknowledged and a response drafted to explain how they helped in the project.
DH conducted the analysis of Delphi panel responses, drafted and revised the protocol and the drafts of this paper, and is the guarantor for the study.
"The extraordinary events of Sept. 11 have caused a paradigm shift in the way U.S. and local law enforcement must contemplate emergency preparedness and response," the draft said.
Author response: The draft version of the paper that Professor Goldenfeld mentions has been much improved with the help of his comments, though the result is far from perfect.
