He has admitted deliberately provoking Her Majesty's Government with some strategic pommy-bashing on the opening day of the London hearings. |
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I know nothing about Discordians or Discordian theory, so I am intrigued as to what it was that you found so provoking? |
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Likewise, you have made the mistake of provoking us to use and conjure the spirits that we had held back until now. |
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It is, after all, free information usable for blackmail, theft or provoking a crippling system breakdown. |
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This was a most provoking part of the conference and stimulated a lengthy debate afterwards. |
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The telephone was once blamed for provoking wars and breaking up the multigenerational family. |
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The spokesman said that the advent of the colorful and provoking advertisements has increased the number of bus travelers considerably. |
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It is languid, thought provoking and compulsively interesting, but, much like its poster, it won't be the most exciting film at the multiplex. |
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It is languid, thought provoking, and compulsively interesting, but it won't be the most exciting film at the multiplex. |
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Accidentally provoking a murderous rage had always been a fatally easy thing to do. |
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A city councillor has called for a citywide ban on smoking in public places, provoking anger from city pubs and students. |
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Our central bankers responded by hitting the panic button, provoking an abrupt and dramatic change in market perceptions. |
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I decided to persevere with my list of questions, provoking a strange response. |
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Somehow I received a stronger dose of a drug than was necessary, provoking an instant and violent physical reaction. |
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Wilkins captures our attention by provoking combinations of topics or case examples throughout the book. |
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Barbara, of Brampton Road, Croydon, is very open about her past giving yet another thought provoking statistic. |
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It was a strange, provoking, deliberately self-contradictory tale, which instantly sparked heated commentary. |
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James has some very provoking thoughts on the matter, so I'd recommend reading the whole thing. |
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There is much to learn in life Phil, don't be so quick to push aside the comments of others just because the words are provoking. |
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Clutching it tightly and pressing it against her chest, the lady exhaled as she attempted to rid herself of these provoking thoughts. |
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But once the oaks die, grasses and exotics, like Scotch broom, will seed in aggressively, provoking a hotter flame. |
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Like all good grotesques, these works simultaneously attract and repel, provoking us into uneasy awareness of ourselves. |
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A blistering run from Greene, and one provoking no accusation of drug cheating, might still save the day. |
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Full of my usual razor sharp wit and acerbic commentary coupled with pithy, erudite and provoking insights into the unfolding world about me. |
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He does so in a way that is accessible to the average reader but that is still thought provoking and interesting. |
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However, the Trouts have skillfully created a spectacle as beautiful as it is thought provoking. |
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The sessions, attended by current and past officers, were thought provoking and productive. |
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It is so rewarding to experience theatre that is serious, thought provoking, skilful and local. |
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Maybe it's seen as a way of provoking a joyful feeling of brightness and wellbeing. |
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A 17-year-old German joyrider faces a legal plucking after provoking the death of 300 chickens by crashing a van, Reuters reports. |
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The double life I have led as an academic and service worker has been thought provoking. |
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The book is thought provoking, sometimes challenging and well worth a read. |
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The plot behind the film is very thought provoking if you start reading the religious implications into it. |
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Indeed, 7 Stories has all the makings of an absurdist comedy, but beneath its veil of irreverence lurks a vehicle for lofty, provoking ideas. |
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This is a cracking good story, funny, sad, thrilling, and thought provoking. |
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After explaining the context, we pose a series of questions regarding common factors that are intended to be thought provoking. |
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As well as provoking mirth, the alleged meanness of Scots is also a powerful marketing tool. |
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But it's a thought provoking, perfectly-timed September 11th yahrzeit piece, that had me rethinking its arguments this morning. |
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Alternately, forest activists may come under scrutiny by some for provoking anger and hostility amongst loggers. |
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Many blame him for provoking conservative voters and contributing to John Kerry's defeat in the presidential election. |
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You might be arrested for provoking or bad-mouthing police, resisting physically, or running away. |
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The juxtaposition of my somewhat flatly morbid work with the life and vitality of the farm is quite provoking. |
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He could see tears in her eyes, and it made him angry that Jeff was provoking her. |
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The police car backed off for safety reasons and to avoid provoking the truck's driver, RCMP said in a news release. |
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I cannot say that this film was riveting or particularly thought provoking. |
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As with all thought provoking and multi-layered films, multiple viewing may be required for full appreciation. |
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No longer did she feel like his blue eyes were challenging or provoking her. |
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To do so would only risk alienating and provoking conflict with a rising Europe and an ascendant Asia. |
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The warning about conduct was meant to stop people deliberately provoking him. |
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The challenges he faces in writing a new-age bestseller are thought provoking. |
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It is never easy in Parliament when we have to deal with these serious and thought provoking, conscience provoking, issues. |
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But I found the Guardian Leader articles on Tuesday and today extremely thought provoking and useful. |
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But according to Iraqi exiles, the jubilation in Baghdad was low key, perhaps to avoid provoking reprisals. |
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Self-inflicted pain might enhance the masochist's sense of control over others by manipulating their sympathy or provoking a punitive response. |
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The power of his language is illustrated through performance, provoking the audience to re-assess Shakespeare and his plays. |
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Mike's rowdiness, his provoking his father to anger, was not the cause of his father's death, absolutely not. |
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It is for the judge to decide if there is evidence of provoking conduct and loss of self-control. |
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It said his name in a mocking way, provoking him to an anger that he dared not express in front of such a fiend. |
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Pyrethroids attack the nervous system of insects, provoking excitation, paralysis and death. |
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Whites smashed the windows in Holloway's home and threatened Coe's family, provoking him to put a gun in every room of his home. |
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Of the 48 foods incriminated, artificial colourings and preservatives were the most common provoking substances. |
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Regular readers will recall that three bendy buses last year spontaneously combusted, provoking a temporary withdrawal of the entire fleet. |
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Pipes' presence on campus is provoking strong feelings among students and faculty on both sides of the issue. |
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Was this the age-old militarist strategy of provoking the sort of violence that made them indispensable? |
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This can be done most effectively, and most deniably, by discreet activities, sufficiently tactful to avoid provoking response. |
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That'd be a list not of the most linked to, but the most provoking sites. |
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To the band's credit, this only seems to increase their pummelling potential, provoking them into walloping, abusing and thrashing their amps harder than ever. |
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If an abysmal new series sneaks on to the schedules without provoking an outburst from us, it can trundle through its six-week schedule unscathed. |
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Marrying thought provoking lyrics with great melodies and his trademark acoustic guitar playing, his music is underlined with an acerbic and sometimes sarcastic wit. |
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And so far, he's the only one doing the provoking, I thought acerbically. |
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Sensual and macabre, the drawings celebrate the luminous and tactile quality of fur while provoking acknowledgement of the animal absence in these forms. |
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The cookie-cutter predictability of hyper-partisan talk radio talking points is provoking a backlash. |
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At first he didn't respond but Sarah was such a good kisser and she was provoking him to kiss her back the way he used to, he had no choice but to kiss her back. |
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And Stine just kept right on provoking him with taunts and derision. |
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His odd appearance and manner attracted the attention of local children, who would continually taunt him, provoking him to lose his temper and damage property. |
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Another shovels strings of rubber bands into his mouth like spaghetti, provoking more caterwauling from the judges. |
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It is feasible he made his point in even stronger terms in the dressing room beforehand, but there was little evidence early on of his sermon provoking the desired reaction. |
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Cookery shows broke the mould with lively young chefs revealing the cherished tricks of their trade and provoking thousands of us to be more adventurous with our groceries. |
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By far one of the most thought provoking reads I've had in a long time. I fell into the trap of buying the movie not 10 minutes after putting it down. |
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The outrage that Walker is provoking is of a less exciting variety this time around. |
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It varies across our tongues provoking pleasure and, in some cases, disgust. |
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Whilst Nuffield wanted a rigorously scientific, fact-based collation of the contemporary situation, Longford saw the report as a means of provoking social reform. |
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I'm often reminded by comrades that the political tasks of the moment involve much more than merely mocking, ridiculing and provoking the Stoppers and associated tendencies. |
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A delicate wing, gauzy and transparent, spread in her hands, spanning her fingers, its lacy intricacy provoking a thoughtful quietness, a sad wistfulness. |
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The Sri Lankan army, which has inflicted widespread damage and constantly harasses local residents, recently killed several local youth, provoking angry protests. |
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Anger over pay is already provoking many workers into action. |
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I don't think of myself as a psychiatric case but I had to feel that Spider was provoking me to consider existential matters of the human condition. |
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At one point, Kirie asks her father about his conversation with the aforementioned spiral fetishist, provoking him to indignantly accuse her of eavesdropping. |
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The plight of Dr Saleh, an Iraqi Kurd, was first published in the Yorkshire Post more than a year ago, provoking residents in Keighley to write to their MP Ann Cryer. |
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Immediately, he begins relentlessly provoking the guards, acting from both the need to generate a story he can sell and his own antagonism towards authority. |
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Although this is provoking for us, some assistance is better than none. |
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They have created an astonishing and provoking array of teapots in various media that often look nothing like a teapot in the traditional sense of the word. |
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This book is short, easy to understand and thought provoking but rather unadventurous, drawing its raw material only from the established architectural canon. |
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Its examination of the concept of non-violent action is thought provoking. |
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I hope that we all find it thought provoking or at least entertaining. |
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In this collection, Reinertson's eye and hand guide us through a truly thought provoking conversation. |
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One night at a party at Irene and Bob Lowry's home Denis Glover, visiting town, was at his most unlovably provoking. |
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Aby hurled a bottle of water on the floor after he called her Amy, provoking Novelli into a row. |
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Jackie and I strolled down the streets, each balancing a beverage and provoking many curious stares from passing Salzburgians. |
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The news of the events at Delhi spread rapidly, provoking uprisings among sepoys and disturbances in many districts. |
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Before then the British government had not recognized the settlement as a colony for fear of provoking a Spanish attack. |
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To extract supplies from the natives, he employed excessive brutality, thereby provoking their hostility and making supplies harder to get. |
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In recent years it has become common to see celebrities flitting between television and movies and then moving into politics provoking concerns. |
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Hunt argues that the play, while representing an apparently strictly predestinarian universe, ends up provoking a critique of that same theology. |
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But the events provoking this madness are absolutely current. |
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By impoverishing and provoking both coastal Chinese and Japanese against the regime, it increased the problem it was purporting to solve. |
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Shahid Hasan Siddiqi depicted glomming picture of economic indicators which was thought provoking for all participants. |
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In March 1938, Germany annexed Austria, again provoking little response from other European powers. |
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His close cooperators suspect that this is aimed at provoking Lika to stand against his own party. |
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What might have been acceptable in the fifth century had become provoking and insulting to the Franks in the eighth century. |
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Maria believes Henry is falling in love with her and treats Mr Rushworth dismissively, provoking his jealousy. |
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Frequently, the Earth's magnetosphere is hit by solar flares causing geomagnetic storms, provoking displays of aurorae. |
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Staffroom rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence overflow, provoking insistent questions about history and how you teach it. |
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German submarines had been limited by Hitler's orders to avoid provoking the Allies and only a few mines were laid near Dover and Weymouth. |
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The subsequent bombardment to support the attack fell short in places, hitting British troops and provoking German artillery fire. |
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After 1636, however, Olivares halted the advance, fearful of provoking another crown bankruptcy. |
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Infection proceeds with muriform cells in tissue provoking a granulomatous immune response. |
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Private detectives and bounty hunters flooded the region, ironically provoking more violence, which in turn led to more negative publicity. |
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I recall walking arm in arm with a lady friend, thus provoking an outraged tirade by a passing scooterist who called down the wrath of heaven. |
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Our fear of provoking religious hatred has rendered us unwilling to criticise ideas that are increasingly maladaptive and patently ridiculous. |
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Spain was wary of provoking war with Britain before she was ready, so she covertly supplied the Patriots via her colonies in New Spain. |
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Spokesman Brian Lightman, head of St Cyres School in Penarth, near Cardiff, said the series was provoking anger in staff rooms. |
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But Villasana blamed the unarmed victim, John Stephen Regos, for provoking the Sept. |
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A large military force reportedly stormed the camp during the predawn hours, amid firing live ammunition and concussion grenades, provoking clashes with the camps locals. |
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The crisis then spread rapidly to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, provoking currency devaluations and the tumbling of the stock exchange. |
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As it happened, Augustine did keep his seat, provoking outrage. |
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Out-going Washoe County Commission Chairman David Humke read aloud the thought provoking sentiments of many northern Nevadans towards their wild horses and burros. |
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Ahmeti, the paper contends, appeals for interethnic trust while employing threatening and nationalistic rhetoric and provoking with overuse of national symbols. |
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Churchill was still keen for a trip to Moscow, and threatened to resign, provoking a crisis in the Cabinet when Lord Salisbury threatened to resign if Churchill had his way. |
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Her photographs of the matriarch Hirbaiben Lobi, a young bride on her wedding night, and Anwarbhai, the bank teller with an eyepatch, are singular and thought provoking. |
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The book's many adages, while thought provoking, would have been more accessible and possibly had more impact if they'd been made briefer and crisper. |
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The use of malaria to treat other illnesses such as syphilis, by provoking severe fevers that raise the temperature in the brain and kill bacteria, is called pyrotherapy. |
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This novel peanut-containing powder triggered the beneficial desensitization reactions, without provoking harmful allergic responses in laboratory tests with mice. |
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Former French film star Brigitte Bardot was convicted yesterday of provoking discrimination and racial hatred by writing that Muslims were destroying France. |
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Despite the universality of crisis provoking events, culture plays a strong role in how crisis is interpreted, both for the crisis intervener and the crisis victim. |
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This family friendly series and exciting book is filled with thought provoking issues, Kendra Kandlestar and the Shard from Greeve will entertain readers of all ages. |
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The island's electrical grid was largely destroyed, with repairs expected to take months to complete, provoking the largest power outage in American history. |
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