Enough to indicate that lines have been wrongly crossed without provoking worse, enough to irritate, without infuriating, Russia.
America's trade deficit has rocketed to a record high, provoking squeals from companies and politicians alike.
There's a vocal minority which simply recognizes no bounds when it comes to provoking and insulting.
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They performed for over an hour, provoking tears from some fans and adulation from others.
Which is why the concept watches created by Cartier are so thought provoking and disruptive.
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Sir Simon Rattle can electrify players and public alike with flashes of insight and thought-provoking programmes.
Thought-provoking observations about the relations between government -- including the courts -- and society's dissenters.
Other readers chose to e-mail me direct, and I'd like to share their thought-provoking views.
This think piece is very thought-provoking, succinctly put and cries out for a really good discussion.
But Ms Gordillo, the former leader of the teachers' union, ended up provoking a mutiny.
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It has kept up a relentless campaign to confront Israel, even provoking a war in 2006.
Thought provoking presentations and country status reports were the order of the first day.
MPs who've nibbled croissants in the presence tell me the discussions have been thought-provoking.
The film was not only a critical success, but it was thought-provoking, too.
Yet the biggest risk lies not in his challenge but in the response it is provoking.
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Pakistani officials accused the U.S. of provoking the incident by deliberately firing at its troops.
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Both sides denied provoking the clashes in which two Indian and three Pakistani soldiers were killed.
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That's why I'm glad there are still new technologies capable of provoking outrage and debate.
But Mr Bernstein has yet again produced a book that is insightful and thought-provoking.
They realised, however, that the obscurity would suddenly be illuminated by dazzling and provoking ideas.
People cannot resist provoking you when you are at the position of attention, it seems.
When it was first put on sale, it was described as possibly provoking mood changes.
The third is the fear of provoking collapsing regimes into taking European expatriates as hostages.
That should not deter the reader from enjoying Mr Blom's impressive and thought-provoking book.
Hi, I enjoyed the show today with the various issues that are always thought provoking.
The potential for cashing in has also become more widely known (provoking several fraud investigations).
We were provoking our enemies by asserting our rights, which we were told, were unimportant.
Besides provoking popular anger, the concentration of wealth has, timidly, entered the political agenda.
Mr Haddon offers no answers in this honest and thought-provoking book, perhaps because there are none.
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If the Government finds that the organization is provoking social unrest, the proper measures should be adopted.
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