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"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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