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What they do not provide, however, is the "Wow, what's that?" double take that a classy home-built provokes at the local airport.

And yet the discovery that in less than three decades our societies have achieved Orwellian levels of surveillance provokes, at most, a wry smile or a resigned shrug.

Almost every year, progress in the field of molecular biology provokes at least a significant modification of existing concepts, and sometimes even a paradigm change.

Burke's current N.H.L. job is rebuilding the Toronto Maple Leafs into another hulking, provoked-at-a-glance outfit.

Her work was the most provoking at the almost all-female 1978 Hayward Annual.

Norris has the rare gift for amusing and provoking at the same time.

There's always something thought-provoking at this contemporary art space, like "Mathematics: A Beautiful Elsewhere," opening Oct. 21.

If, on the other hand, we ask to be challenged, disturbed, or provoked at the same time that we are entertained, Carson must inevitably disappoint us.

And once again it is unclear who is behind the violence, though many Indonesians believe members of the security forces have deliberately provoked at least some of it.

When the Libor scandal exploded last year, with Barclays as the initial villain, there was a narrative that made the violations seem understandable and perhaps provoked at least a little sympathy for the banks.

A medical was booked and a private jet hired to transport the midfielder to Merseyside only for consternation to be provoked at Goodison Park when Sissoko, who had always hankered after Champions League football, failed to board the flight.