This destruction has been ignored by the world, and certainly not seen as a provocation.
Does the United States view that as a provocation, and how should Israel react?
She insisted it was not meant as a provocation and stressed that her son had been born on 11 September.
Many Democrats say missile defences are at best a gift to the arms industry, at worst a provocation to Russia.
In quarters where "elitist" is the dirtiest word in the English language, Buckley's very existence (the Bach, the ocean sailing) is a provocation.
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Right off, use a rhetorical question, a provocation or challenge, an anecdote, statistic, catchy metaphor, or even a juicy self-disclosure to captivate your audience.
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At this point, Thomas may see his continued silence on the bench as a provocation to his critics a gesture that says their contempt will not move him.
An unnamed spokesperson for the Israeli defence ministry said the creation of the Palestinian encampment, which they named Bab el Shams, "sounded like a provocation", AFP reported.
Panetta said a nuclear test would be considered a provocation and "worsen our relationship, " though he refused to discuss specific action the United States would take in response.
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"This is a real provocation, " Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told journalists on Monday.
Mr. VANO MERABISHVILI (Interior Minister, Georgia): (Through Translator) We had information that this group had been planning a serious provocation.
Guillermo Borger, head of the Amia, the Jewish association whose building was destroyed in 1994, called Gen Vahidi's presence a "provocation".
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One of the difficulties is that trolling is a broad term, taking in everything from a cheeky provocation to violent threats.
If Labour becomes as unpopular mid-term as has every recent government, its huge majority in Parliament will be a ghastly provocation to voters.
"It would be a grave provocation threatening the peace and security of the Korean peninsula and north-east Asia, " the ministry said in a statement.
He said earlier that the incident could be a "provocation" from sections of the PKK opposed to talks between the state and the group's imprisoned leader, Abdullah Ocalan, aimed at persuading the PKK to disarm.
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Seoul said such a launch would be a "grave provocation" aimed at developing the ability to deliver a nuclear weapon.
It is unclear whether it is over some silly local muscle-flexing, or a deliberately engineered provocation.
The company started in Montreal, in the mid-nineties, as a free magazine with a reputation for provocation.
But the general brilliance of illumination makes this book a feast of provocation.
" Playing hard-core American electric blues "was a form of provocation.
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But with tensions remaining high, there are concerns of a sudden escalation in the event of even a small-scale provocation.
But as in the New York Times case, provocation comes at a credibility cost.
In an instant-response, social media era in which the slightest provocation and merits a reply, it doesn't react to campaigns or even polite queries.
This was no sudden response to provocation, but a long-planned move.
If provocation is limited to a physical assault, and if Zimmerman's account that Martin blindsided him with a punch is believed, then Zimmerman did not provoke the encounter.
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