Enough to indicate that lines have been wrongly crossed without provoking worse, enough to irritate, without infuriating, Russia.
Still the news coverage is starting to irritate the Clinton team just a bit.
Such stealth subsidies are unlikely to irritate voters, impatient with traffic jams and cancelled flights.
So does the president want to irritate them and cause the talks to collapse?
In their current mood, however, ministers are scared of doing anything to irritate motorists further.
There are hundreds of ways to irritate the customer, patient, client, or guest.
The new party has one more trick with which to irritate the establishment.
Most manage to irritate their daughters-in-law by spoiling their sons and then expecting the younger woman to do the same.
But her refusal to say whether she felt the system needed completely rethinking or just "tidying up" appeared to irritate the committee.
AMTRAK, America's government-backed passenger railway, can ill-afford to irritate its customers.
Generally the answer to the question is no, and is a means for the writer to grab the reader's attention and then proceed to irritate them.
The fundamental issue I have with most of these tactics (and they are tactics, not strategies) is that they tend to irritate consumers and at times insult their intelligence.
Though in private ministers are keen to stress that Brazil respects property rights, they are unwilling to irritate an important trading partner or jeopardise Petrobras's Argentine interests by criticising their neighbour publicly.
And the police were becoming targets. 10.47.45 Sergeant When you start focussing more attention on the gang members you, you tend to irritate them a little bit and their response to that is to push back.
This is the result of a single insight its page rank algorithm for searches which became profitable when a way was found way to monetize the resulting traffic and provide advertisers exactly what they needed while keeping the ads discreet so as not to irritate users.
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Because the stomach contents tend to be acidic, they irritate the lining of the oesophagus - a phenomenon which has been linked to the development of cancer.
Rather, it is a blend that's sure to please few, irritate some, and land flaccidly in the middle of modern-day musical relevance.
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Deprived of the enemies it has evolved to cope with, it responds to stimuli that would not normally irritate it.
Such extraordinary measures would almost inevitably lead to a weaker yen, which would irritate Japan's trading partners.
Moreover, as UC Riverside's Perry Link notes, we need to reflect on why human rights criticisms irritate autocrats.
As proof that its nonalcohol sanitizer doesn't dry or irritate the skin, SafeHands points to a company-funded study performed at California State University, Fresno.
Misaligned teeth or poorly fitting crowns, bridges or other dental restorations may irritate your gums and also make it harder to remove plaque during your daily home care.
Do you like to participate in a hotel's sustainable programs, or do they irritate you?
However, NSAIDs can irritate the stomach lining, and cause ulceration which can lead to bleeding and infections.
These particles irritate the artery, making it inflamed and eventually causing the plaque to break apart.
Martin Winter, in Sueddeutsche Zeitung , warns that as much as Mr Cameron's ideas may irritate pro-EU politicians, it would be a mistake just to dismiss them.
The control mechanism of Splinter Cell remains largely intact - the developers have also worked hard to ensure that the fancy moves and cool equipment get used and while the signposting might irritate some, it does make the game feel more rounded.
Chen may purposely not irritate the Chinese government out of his concerns for family members back home, or he may want to make peace with the government to pave the way for his future return to China.
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Allergies to pollen, furry or feathery animals or house-dust mite, can be triggers for asthma, because they irritate the airways.
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