Almost two years after a still-unidentified biological terrorist contaminated the company's headquarters with anthrax, killing a National Enquirer photo editor and provoking international dread, a developer has bought the star-crossed building on the condition that he destroy its contents.
He is responsible enough that he won't provoke the dreaded 4 a.m. phone call from the police, and he's too sensible to divvy up his fortune among various gambling joints, which seems to be an occupational hazard in today's N.B.A. Now if championship rings matter, a skeptic might question the fuss over a player who doesn't own one, but that wouldn't be James's fault.
After you register, it quickly becomes clear that everything about the LSAT provokes bureaucratic dread, which makes sense given its source.
I'm a peculiar ethnic mix that provokes the dreaded "What are you?" -- so I am no stranger to people asking me intimate questions about my heritage before they can even correctly pronounce my name.
Unlike hurricanes and tornadoes, which provoke as much dread as wonder, a blizzard is anticipated mostly with pleasure, at least on the East Coast.
But every few months, there is an incident that is sufficiently close to home, literally when a soldier is killed on the streets of London, or figuratively when weekend shoppers are targeted, to provoke the existential dread that is the aim, by definition, of terrorism.
For others, however, pregnancy can provoke feelings of dread.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8 — The moment that provoked so much dread — among the commissioner, the public and pitchers everywhere — was saved by the man it hurt the most.
–Brent Haddad, University of California, Santa Cruz But even health improvements may not be appealing enough to overcome the feelings of dread provoked by a technology.
