Iran's complaint, submitted to the Security Council by the Iranian ambassador, Mohammad Khazaee, denounced what he called "the provocative and covert operations against the Islamic Republic of Iran by the U.S. government, which have increased and intensified in recent months".
The provocation proved provocative.
I think we'd enjoyed the meal so much we hoped Elaine would serve us the whole thing… The title that E. E. Cummings gave his Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, delivered at Harvard in 1952 and 1953, was predictably provocative: "i: six nonlectures".… Operation Paperclip, by Annie Jacobsen (Little, Brown).
To improve economic efficiency of electricity markets, the market-clearing model must be designed to give transparent information for pricing system security and to quantify the correlation between the market operations and the power systems operations, which is an immensely provocative and challenging issue in electricity markets.
And while the LA Times reported that he would court Native American tribes when it worked to his advantage, he also routinely targeted their casino operations in hostile, racially provocative terms.
In recent weeks "provocative" Russian jets have been intercepted in operations involving RAF Typhoons, Finnish Hornets, Swedish surveillance planes as well as US and Canadian jets off Alaska.
In return it would get various benefits, including improved political and trade ties, discussions about regional security and even co-operation on advanced civilian nuclear technologies.Iran's provocative president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, at first seemed tempted.
Some analysts said the retailer, which has built is reputation on its made-in-America manufacturing and provocative advertising, may have to move a part of its operations overseas to cut costs.
This is where Godspeed's operation as a collective, rather than a regular band, becomes politically provocative.
Military officials in Hawaii, who oversee operations over the Pacific, know that resuming the flights could be provocative and delay the release of the crew.
