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A much older “Latin” dance making a comeback is the merengue, which, when it first became popular, was considered to be so provocative that it was banned by the Spanish authorities.
Predicting that he would "get a lot of heat" for treating the minister with respect, Novak said that Farrakhan was "more measured and a lot less confrontational and provocative than a lot of the politicians we talk to regularly on this program."
A lively open-air crafts market, with provocative art, Afro-Cuban and santería dolls, exotic woodcarvings, and hats made from stripped palm leaves, is staged daily east of the cathedral plaza, between Tacón and the canal.
I am willing to take Bryson's word for many of the bits of information with which this book abounds, to wit, “Among the Xoxa tribe of South Africa the most provocative remark is hlebeshako -- `your mother's ears,' ” the wisdom that “Some cultures don't swear at all,” and the revelation that in Finland, “When you stub your toe getting up to answer the wrong number at 2.00 a.m.,” you mutter (shout?)
And he is writing a provocative column for the New York Post and the Hill , a Capitol Hill newspaper.