If that were not provocative enough, the mayor met with one possible Republican opponent, the billionaire Mortimer B. Zuckerman, to discuss his running, and his top political strategist sat down with another, Dan Senor, to talk about his potential campaign.
It's a term, at least in the English language, specifically in America, that's not provocative enough.
I've always had to move between a couple of years of unemployment, where offers are not provocative enough to take, and seasons where I work nonstop for a year.
"Lars von Trier is a provocateur and he must have felt that his film wasn't provocative enough," said Jacob, speaking about the infamous incident for the first time.
We have keys, and time (access, and lateness), and, if that isn't provocative enough, the clock has stopped (which means we will never die, or we are already dead, depending on your mood).
We have chosen to ignore the fact that only last winter the North's desperately poor government managed to conduct its largest military exercises in years (clearly not provocative), close enough to the border with South Korea to raise questions as to whether these were maneuvers or the beginning of something far more serious.
(You could say "women with children" versus "women without children," but then your title would be too long and not nearly provocative enough).
But as gestures, they are not vivid and provocative enough to change the way the government is seen by voters, or the way Britain is viewed by globally mobile capital.
Wong still had some lingering concerns, namely that the show was ''too soft, earnest and not edgy or provocative enough to be a hit.'' But she pressed forward, and it soon became apparent that the show's popularity was, in fact, derived from the same unapologetic cheesiness that had made the TV executives nervous.
The pun-filled ads comparing laundry habits to drug habits are intended to be "provocative enough" to be noticed, Mr. Ryan said, but not to generate complaints.
If you're looking for racy descriptions of group sex or tips for switching up your bedroom life, you will not find them in these pages (although the rare illustrations of hooking are just provocative enough).
