provocative

• "They are just allowing me to come in there and do a program that is very provocative, that is offbeat, that challenges the way people think about First Amendment issues."
• And with a long history of being provocative, he knows darn well that being provocative is an easy way to get attention. —  Breaking News: CBS News
• Despite committing what U.S. officials describe as a provocative and "clear violation" of United Nations restrictions, North Korea's rocket launch is being met with a fairly restrained reaction by the —  U.S. News
• Washington is pushing for a stern response from the UN Security Council to condemn what it calls a provocative act, but the world body is split and the United States has hinted it may not insist on a binding resolution. —  Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
• U.N. Security Council diplomats have been squabbling over possible ways to punish North Korea for what President Barack Obama and other world leaders called a provocative launch and a violation of previous sanctions, imposed after the North's underground nuclear test in —  Newsvine - Get Smarter Here

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