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From him we learn how indecision Of character provokes derision.
The obvious question such an outcome provokes (so obvious that I had to ask it) is: If the stock market doesn't care that I'm leaving, what good was I doing in the first place?
The notion of reporting uncertainty sometimes provokes opposition, as if the revelation of uncertainty were responsible for creating the uncertainty.
reduction of tension in the ECM provokes apoptosis and reduces α-SMA; as human dermal myofibroblasts readily undergo apoptosis in response to gel relaxation (or wound contraction) their absence from the neodermis of a healed wound is likely the result of apoptosis.
"Ally McBeal : A horrific school shooting provokes discussion and soul-searching among the Boston legal community and the nation.