They argued it would antagonize the conservative Southerners who controlled Congress, and threaten his presidency.
Why would anyone in their right mind want to deliberately and nakedly antagonize Russia and China?
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No need to antagonize someone who's in a position to set you back hundreds of dollars.
Depictions of perfect women in spotless kitchens may be meant to idolize moms but only antagonize them.
He has no wish to antagonize Ankara, and may even help by trying to "box in" the PYD.
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The last thing anyone wants is to antagonize an already stressed-out fan base by haggling over too many details.
Otherwise, they will simply antagonize the very people they most want to reach.
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The victim did nothing to antagonize or instigate the shooter in this case.
Always be respectful of any officials, follow their instructions even if they are wrong, and do not antagonize them.
Again, always be respectful of any officials, follow their instructions even if they are wrong, and do not antagonize them.
He does not want to antagonize the professional decorators and architects by letting people know they can get similar products at retail.
They keep the international spotlight on certain offenders, even if these countries tend to be only those the West can afford to antagonize.
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To do less will antagonize Hispanic and female voters, two voter groups Republicans must do better with to have any chance of electoral success.
University of Innsbruck Political Scientist Gerhard Manngott says since Germany, France and others don't want to antagonize Russia, they have to try to accommodate.
Naturally, their owners do not want to antagonize a sitting president.
These really big mega-projects then proceed to antagonize the electorate, stir up anti-development sentiment, and cause people to vote for even more restrictive land use regulations next time around.
In the lead up to the fight, Diaz skipped a public workout, then put on a strange one-man show at the pre-fight news conference that managed to befuddle and antagonize St-Pierre.
To be fair, the Russians have jumped at every possible chance to needle and antagonize McFaul, and it seems pretty clear that a good deal of their indignation is insincere and contrived.
Citibank, which owned 12.5% of Vickers, had a dilemma: Although it undoubtedly wanted the best price for its stake, it probably did not want to antagonize the powerful players pumping for the merger.
Since Syria knows that renewed aggression against Israel will antagonize the U.S. whether or not U.S. troops are stationed on the Golan, their presence is not necessary as a political deterrent to Syrian attack.
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While some GOP lawmakers have raised questions about his qualifications for the Labor Department, Republicans are also treading carefully so as not to antagonize Hispanic groups at a time when the party is seeking to broaden its appeal to Latino voters.
In the event (1) Israel and Syria sign a peace agreement, (2) Israel withdraws from the Golan under that agreement and (3) Syria, at some point in the future, decides to launch an attack on Israel to capitalize on that Israeli withdrawal, Syria would know that its aggression will antagonize the United States whether or not U.S. troops are stationed on the Golan.
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