The associate said the White House had been startled by the sexual detail in the report, and was fearful of how the nation would react.

How did nations react to the 23 November shelling?

The Soviet system remained in place, though Western nations reacted by giving their athletes greater state support.

And economists don't really understand why nations react differently to the same medicine.

But the question is: how should a mature democratic nation react to that?

The nation reacted to the massacre with disgust.

Yet differences can be real, and sometimes the way people or nations react to disasters can open a window on their souls.

And Europeans express some anxiety about how Arab nations might react.

Certainly the superpowers and the Western nations that accept some responsibility for world order must react clearly.

What was your take in terms of how your colleagues and the nation and the media reacted?