Sentence examples for provocative letter from inspiring English sources

Mr. Barnard's provocative letter implies that suburban residents should be willing to assist central cities because doing so helps themselves.

CONSPIRACY-MINDED Iranians have had a field day arguing over who circulated a provocative letter which sparked three days of sectarian rioting earlier this month in Ahwaz, capital of the southern province of Khuzestan.

In our new Sunday Dialogue feature, we are inviting readers to respond to an interesting or provocative letter — most recently, "Invitation to a Dialogue: Standards for Politicians" (June 15).

The demonstrations, which turned violent, lead retired Army sergeant Jerry Hendershot to fire off a provocative letter to Nixon who declared a state of emergency on August 16 and imposed a curfew "due to civil unrest".

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY RNSS) Pope Benedict XVI replied in a diplomatic and general terms to a provocative letter from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, pledging to find common efforts for "peace and reconciliation" with the Islamic republic.

Dr. Lefever often wrote provocative letters to the editor.

"Data appears to be the least interesting and least provocative four-letter word in the English language," she said.

Last week, under the headline "Invitation to a Dialogue: The Energy Future," we introduced a feature in which we will occasionally invite readers to respond to a particularly provocative and interesting letter.

He responded Tuesday with a pungent letter, saying provocative clothing led to "to short-term marriages, which are immediately followed by ratlike divorces, to the destruction of children's lives, to solitude and madness, to life-catastrophe".

One postcard mentions his desire to photograph Ginsberg in a provocative way, while another letter is in Savage's handwriting confirming to Ginsberg that Savage wants to "Crawl up your anus so as to know you better".

Though their letters were provocative, and Hemingway once detailed an image of Dietrich "drunk and naked," their intimacy was, according to her grandson Peter Riva, "cerebral".