There was no explanation for the change; it could have to do with maintenance, or a decision to fly helicopters, which are less provocative and harder to track.
Guevara's image may be less provocative today, but not entirely without meaning.
Researchers at Mount Sinai observed, for example, that baking caused milk proteins to change shape in a way that could be less provocative to the immune system.
Mr. Yanukovich had the award canceled through the courts, not through a presidential decree, apparently deciding that such a method would be less provocative.
The victims could not be less provocative, going about the simplest outdoor missions of daily life but meandering into the sights of the suburban sniper terrifying the Washington area.
A landmark case in British law, Ms. Ahluwalia's successful 1992 appeal helped widen the legal options available to victims of long-term abuse, yet "Provoked" could hardly be less provocative.
Such an approach would serve her cause better, just as it would be less provocative - if she chose contrition over victimhood, conciliation over unconcealed contempt for those whom she perceives as her enemies.
I have some expectation that the Fed will, in fact, find it difficult to begin raising interest rates or even something that might be less provocative, which is the idea of draining liquidity from the system by paying interest on reserves held by the banks.
Frias's stories about hanging out with Plant (whom, along with Alice Cooper, he calls the "classiest" stars) might be less provocative than, say, his crazy night in New Orleans with Freddie Mercury or his funny encounter with the sweetly obtuse Ozzy Osbourne, but as photographs, each of these memories is equally arresting.
And, though it's less provocative than Colin & Fergus's work, there are still plenty of big laughs.
