But he said early response to the fund-raising drive had made him optimistic.

They said early response from the fans and the business community had been "tremendous."

The early response did not overwhelm; one night, 17 people made up the entire audience.

The early response to last week's decisions was not encouraging.

Those early responses gave him an inkling that the show might have a future.

The early response from local politicians and citizens has been extraordinarily positive.

She couldn't hold his gaze, embarrassed at her earlier responses to what, for him, had been only a game.

The early responses to the crisis were based upon the assumption that the free market would correct itself.

My second question is this: What does history tell us about our earlier responses to traumatic events?

Generally younger and more mobile, they served as part of a network for early response.