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  1. The black depths of her fixed gaze turned slowly upon me as if in contemptuous, provocation , " Politics Conrad in his private life was predominantly conservative. He
  2. Said that Kickoff punched Davis in the stomach with his nightstick without, provocation , Many of whom he met through Betty Mary (later Betty Davis),a young model
  3. Her mood rapidly changed as she was preparing to go onstage. Without apparent, provocation , she began screaming at him, before suddenly becoming silent and staring into
  4. Greet the Spanish with loaves, fishes and other foodstuffs and were" without, provocation , butchered ". The surviving indigenous groups fled to the mountains or the
  5. Star for valor. Under the guise of counter-attacking a South Korean, provocation ,raid, the PA crossed the 38th parallel behind artillery fire at dawn on Sunday
  6. The punishment for assault is only slightly reduced when there is evidence of, provocation , Among the various common law jurisdictions, some Americans have presented a
  7. Near the settlements have been accused of stone-throwing, physical assault and, provocation , In some cases, they filmed only the response of the settlers, which was
  8. The Nina Hagen Band and S. Y. P. H. featured strident vocals and an emphasis on, provocation , Before turning in a mainstream direction in the 1980s,NDW attracted a
  9. The number of those promised, which was viewed by Antony as an intentional, provocation , Despite setbacks for Octavian, the naval fleet of Sexts Compass was almost
  10. Pay a heavy tribute in exchange for Saharan salt, probably as an intentional, provocation , When Songhay's answer is defiant, the sultan declares war and marches his
  11. Of Egyptian society during the Nasser era. It was banned by Sadat to avoid, provocation ,of Egyptians who still loved former president Nasser. Copies were hard to find
  12. Ellis at Tints harbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian, provocation ,prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October. *1941 – Corporal
  13. English teacher (played by David Pennant) of being" the Doctor ". After much, provocation , the teacher uses the sonic screwdriver to transform Lauren into a Rose Tyler
  14. Irritable in matters of controversy; but he was repeatedly subjected to serious, provocation , He was a man of highly honorable and fervently religious character. In
  15. Or arm, or to the body of a taller opponent. High level épée is often a game of, provocation , with each player trying to lure the other into an attack. Maintaining the
  16. Described as" a prompt and powerful physical strike ", were in response to, provocation ,from South Korea that had held an artillery exercise in the disputed waters
  17. Palestinians with the aim of tarnishing the image of the settlers. Violence and, provocation ,of activists Pro-Palestinian activists who hold regular protests near the
  18. The West Bank. On the contrary, it was opposed to it. Second, there was not any, provocation ,on the part of the IDF. Third, the rein was only loosened when a real threat to
  19. Opposed Jefferson's Embargo Act of 1807 and the seemingly deliberate, provocation ,of war with Britain by the Madison Administration. During" Mr. Madison's War
  20. 1865,then republished in 1869 by Bologna's radical newspaper, Il Po polo, as a, provocation ,timed to coincide with the 20th Vatican Ecumenical Council, a time when
  21. The Pakistanis have become accustomed, and they recognize that, whatever the, provocation , the relationship with the United States has too much potential benefit to be
  22. Resemble a very wobbly unstable drop, ready to divide itself at the slightest, provocation , such as the impact of a single neutron. But there was another problem. After
  23. Shift towards capitalism. There is still some uncertainty, however,as to what, provocation , if any, occurred to make the Warsaw Pact armies invade. The days leading up to
  24. Who also shared the surrealists' taste for scandal and provocation , and viewed, provocation ,as an important element in psycho-analysis itself ". 1940s The Society
  25. Who ordered his troops to respond with massive firepower to any Egyptian, provocation , On the Syrian front, continuing Syrian shelling was, according to Syrian
  26. Speciality is the Jewel Song () from opera, Faust,and sings this at the least, provocation , much to Haddock's dismay. She tends to be melodramatic in an exaggerated
  27. This impulse by saying," However you respond to Dales is seen as an act of, provocation , " When the" Human/Dale Sec" hybrid began to doubt the Dale race's
  28. The offense),connivance (tricking someone into committing an offense),or, provocation ,by the other party. Contested fault divorces can be expensive, and not usually
  29. Party purge. The plot is also viewed by many historians as an antisemitic, provocation , And the secret execution of thirteen members on Stalin's orders in the Night
  30. Humans, whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent, provocation , They are widely considered to be one of the most dangerous large animals in
  31. Are generally unstable, and they tend to roll over (capsize) without too much, provocation , Hollowing out this log, into a dugout canoe,doesn't help this much, unless
  32. Instead of attacking Russia as Hitler urged. The first was ignored as a, provocation ,but the second when confirmed by the Russo-German journalist and spy in Tokyo
  33. Because of discontent for an increased working hour would be seen as a, provocation ,and devaluing the national holiday. The idea was dropped after a short, but
  34. State to Qing Dynasty China, the Japanese military presence was seen as a, provocation , The resulting conflict over dominance of Korea would become the First
  35. Because of a“ lack of understanding, preconceptions,irritations and, provocation , ” The message of a risen Christ and Savior was aggravating for Jews as well as
  36. The following years, Soviet historiography described the incident as a Finnish, provocation , Doubt on the official Soviet version was cast only in the late 1980s,in the
  37. Stance to" please foreign imperialists ". Finland had undertaken military, provocation , and the Soviet Union could no longer hold to nonaggression pacts. According to
  38. An opponent. There are very few records of kangaroos attacking humans without, provocation ,; however, several such unprovoked attacks in 2004 spurred fears of a
  39. To six months in prison for his involvement in a plan to commit an" act of, provocation ," on the Temple Mount. With some earlier polls forecasting as many as twelve
  40. Wilhelm Juno had defaulted on the timber deliveries deliberately as a, provocation ,intended to test the willingness of the Allies to enforce reparations if the
  41. Legal and historical claim. He also intended the maneuver as a deliberate, provocation ,to battle aimed at the dauphin, who had failed to respond to Henry's personal
  42. Off Taiwanese coastal areas. The United States government condemns the act as, provocation , and the Taiwanese government warns of retaliation. * March 9 – Jorge Sampan
  43. Truce agreements, but disputes about their implementation, and much mutual, provocation , led each time to renewed conflict. Within four years the Dutch had recaptured
  44. Not formally passed, many members declared their approval. Nevertheless,the, provocation ,was too much for Charles, who dissolved parliament the same day. Moreover
  45. Slaughter, a violent anti-feudal rebellion, beyond the intended scope of the, provocation , A new wave of Polish military and other involvement, in the partitions and in
  46. Patience in trial (1:2),patience in good works (1:22-25),patience under, provocation ,(3:17),patience under oppression (5:7),patience under persecution (5:10
  47. Would respect each other's autonomy and internal affairs. A further source of, provocation ,was an Athenian decree, issued in 433/2 BC, imposing stringent trade sanctions
  48. To the young Lacey ... who also shared the surrealists' taste for scandal and, provocation , and viewed provocation as an important element in psycho-analysis itself ".
  49. And Perrault, Rouch, Koenig,and Rotor favor direct involvement or even, provocation ,when they deem it necessary. The films Primary and films. The fundamentals of
  50. Her with crude gestures. She briefly encourages him, then attacks him without, provocation ,by smashing his beer bottle as he drinks from it. A fistfight ensues, with

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