More significantly, the fact that they do not provoke inflammation means they it might be possible to use them to repair the wounds of patients with conditions such as diabetes, in which chronic skin infections often get in the way of healing when normal stitches are used.

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American officials do not want to provoke renewed tension by attacking Beijing's bid.

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Otherwise, we thrust into situations we have no stake, do not understand and as a result, provoke international ire.

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To provoke such recoil, you do not have to resemble a sex organ.

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It is possible that may provoke questions from viewers in the UK who do not have access to older shows.

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The anguished Greens know this (at least the ones who count do), which is why they are careful these days not to provoke the chancellor too far.

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Any use of force looked likely to provoke carnage, and Russia's elite Alpha troops do not have a good record: in a previous crisis, when they stormed a hospital that had been taken over by armed Chechens, 122 hostages were killed and the rebels eventually escaped with 150 more.

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