But it is the details, the humiliating extent of defeats for Congress and its leaders, along with signs of changing voter behaviour, that should provoke it to think hard about its prospects.First, the outright good news for the BJP.
A report by the People's Union for Civil Liberties stated, "Major effect of media under long period has been to feed on the prevalent anti-Muslim prejudices of its Hindu readership and provoke it further by sensationalizing, twisting, mangling and distorting news or what passes for it".
We did not provoke it," Skerrit said.
For all our sakes, Brad, don't provoke it.
If the goal was to provoke, it worked.
Calculated to provoke, it hits that target with inelegant intelligence.
"I would say to him, 'Well, what did you do to provoke it?' " he said.
Once a rogue bear is on the prowl, it is not just foolish to provoke it.
Calculated not to provoke, it runs on through page after page of rather bland material.
But it can ask questions, it can provoke, it can remind us.
I bed down with it every night, gingerly, cautiously, careful not to provoke it.
