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The construct is that tenderness upon provocative palpation is related to local nerve irritation and nerve conductivity.
The new Disney film articulates a provocative and long-overdue critique of what is possibly the worst thing about the Internet: Its tendency to turn everything in meatspace--first editions, Beanie Babies, unopened cans of New Coke--into a "collectible."
This led Wright to ask a question that ultimately became the provocative title for an article in the prestigious American Economic Review : "Why is automobile insurance in Philadelphia so damn expensive?"
Writing on the LAT opinion page, contributing editor Robert Scheer makes the provocative argument that the quickest way to halt China's belligerence is to simply hand over all our nuclear warhead and ballistics secrets.
Refreshingly provocative" Reversing these duos would have given a whole other impression.