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The litigation is a normal and expected action to occur when a tenant has a lease and does not pay rent required by a valid contract with the landlord, these types of disputes often settle without provoking litigation, so as to avoid litigation costs and bad publicity. – Carl Tobias	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty, there is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day. – Mitch McConnell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Russian President is still resistant, i think they are continuing to work with our NATO allies trying to find a back channel without provoking World War III. – Jacky Rosen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
China's complicated messaging suggests that Beijing will continue to blame Washington and its allies for provoking Russia. – Craig Singleton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It will have the opposite effect of what we would want for kids, rather than the physical affection being comforting and reassuring, it becomes anxiety-provoking. – Lisa Damour	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities that Suzanne has provided me over the last four years, encouraging me to travel the country and seek out the stories of everyday Americans, many of whom have been overlooked by the rest of the media. I look forward to delivering insightful, thought-provoking coverage on the key issues that really matter to the heartland of the nation. – Lawrence Jones	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day, the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their President. – Senator McConnell	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If I can advise President Biden, I would like him to articulate to Vladimir Putin of Russia that no red lines from the Kremlin side should be here. The red line is here in Ukraine and the civilized world will react without hesitation, the idea of not provoking Russia will not work. – Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov	Found on CNN 2 years ago
If I can advise President President Joe Biden, I would like President Joe Biden to articulate to Vladimir Putin that no red lines from the Kremlin side should be here. The red line is here in Ukraine and the civilized world will react without hesitation, the idea of not provoking Russia will not work. – Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I think what Beijing is doing right now is seeing how far it can push without provoking a U.S. military response, and it’s unclear if it's doing that because it plans a full-throated response in the coming months or year or two. Or if it's doing that to test for another reason. – Isaac Stone Fish	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What was familiar no longer seems as familiar, for close to a year now, we've had messages of not being with others, to be distant... then the idea that,' Oh, there's ways that we can be with others and it's OK' — that's new information to reconcile. So, it's understandable that it feels different, at least, if not anxiety-provoking or stressful. – Lynn Bufka	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Iran kept provoking the U.S. by hijacking oil tankers, shooting down a drone, and then attacking the Saudi Arabia Aramco facilities, trump only reacted militarily after the American Embassy was attacked in Iran. – Harley Lippin	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
If you think about going to the grocery store right now, there's a fair amount of planning consciously or subconsciously — what times will be less crowded, do I really need to go, and should I go, most of us didn't think of going to a grocery store as a dangerous thing before, yet now it has become an anxiety-provoking process. – Bita Moghaddam	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The U.S. is pushing them and in the end they are provoking Iran to create a nuclear bomb, unequivocally. – Russian Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Career counselors compare the dynamic to the 2008 recession but say there is hope for today's graduates to succeed in the job market, even if it takes time for the economy to rebound. ( Elina Shirazi) While Kmitt also shares concerns entering the workforce, she says one of the worst feelings are of being robbed of her senior experience. CHARLIE KIRK : CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS DO THESE 3 THINGS TO HELP THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES NOW Penny Kmitt poses alongside Penny Kmitt Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters during a soccer kickoff charity event at American University. ( Elina Shirazi) Coronavirus disrupted my year both socially, academically and emotionally. Elina Shirazi -RRB- Coronavirus really hit me as a student on so many different fronts. I feel like I did not get to say goodbye to people, to my college experience, to kind of still being a kid in a way. Now, Im just applying everywhere and I am just going to take the time to think about it and figure my life out. Amanda Rizza, a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communication and minoring in Psychological Sciences, says Amanda Rizza is also feeling the anxiety of finding a job, but is trying to focus on the big picture. Amanda Rizza is a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communication and minoring in Psychological Sciences. Amanda Rizza says Amanda Rizza is also feeling the anxiety of finding a job, but is trying to focus on the big picture. It is one thing to be a senior stressed about finding a job, but it is a whole other situation trying to begin a post-graduate career during a pandemic to this magnitude, dealing with this while also balancing online academics and a part-time student job that I was able to continue remotely, is a daily challenge. I am grateful to be able to continue my academics and current job through the University of Connecticut, but the future is quite unknown for students who are in the same boat as me. It is stressful and anxiety-provoking, but all we can do is take one day at a time. – Amanda Rizza	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
I'm hoping that people are going to experience a different visceral reaction that will maybe change their thoughts about the matter into provoking them into action. – WhIsBe	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
People don't like tariffs, and that's truly understandable. But they also think that maybe the tariffs have done some good in provoking very serious negotiations between the two sides. – Tim Stratford	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It can be frightening for some parents [ and ] anxiety-provoking for parents to realize that their kids are vaping. – Pat Aussem	Found on CNN 5 years ago
That uncertainty is very anxiety-provoking for the Israeli government because they fear that he is going to ask the Israelis to do things that this government may not want to do, may not be in a position to do. we want to see if the President understands Israel's traumas, its security dilemmas and its unique importance in the region. – Other Jewish leaders	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The French government have completely failed in terms of maintenance of security at Euro 2016, three days before the England-Russia match in Marseille, there were a huge amount of English supporters who were provoking our fans. They were insulting our country, our president and were throwing glasses of beer at us. They were fighting with the locals and the police. On June 11, they fought with Russian fans. – Alexander Shprygin	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
ISIS is provoking us in the worst possible way. – Francois Hollande	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I would assess that their technical capability has not increased, that said, everything that they're doing continues to be alarming and provoking. ... We continue to watch it closely. – Vice Admiral James Syring	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What's remarkable to me is with $100 billion-plus imminent, the Iranians continue to act with impunity in provoking the administration. – Mark Dubowitz	Found on CNN 8 years ago

The litigation is a normal and expected action to occur when a tenant has a lease and does not pay rent required by a valid contract with the landlord, these types of disputes often settle without provoking litigation, so as to avoid litigation costs and bad publicity.

– Carl Tobias

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Former President Trump's actions preceding the riot were a disgraceful dereliction of duty, there is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Russian President is still resistant, i think they are continuing to work with our NATO allies trying to find a back channel without provoking World War III.

– Jacky Rosen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

China's complicated messaging suggests that Beijing will continue to blame Washington and its allies for provoking Russia.

– Craig Singleton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It will have the opposite effect of what we would want for kids, rather than the physical affection being comforting and reassuring, it becomes anxiety-provoking.

– Lisa Damour

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities that Suzanne has provided me over the last four years, encouraging me to travel the country and seek out the stories of everyday Americans, many of whom have been overlooked by the rest of the media. I look forward to delivering insightful, thought-provoking coverage on the key issues that really matter to the heartland of the nation.

– Lawrence Jones

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

There is no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of that day, the people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their President.

– Senator McConnell

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If I can advise President Biden, I would like him to articulate to Vladimir Putin of Russia that no red lines from the Kremlin side should be here. The red line is here in Ukraine and the civilized world will react without hesitation, the idea of not provoking Russia will not work.

– Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov

Found on CNN
2 years ago

If I can advise President President Joe Biden, I would like President Joe Biden to articulate to Vladimir Putin that no red lines from the Kremlin side should be here. The red line is here in Ukraine and the civilized world will react without hesitation, the idea of not provoking Russia will not work.

– Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I think what Beijing is doing right now is seeing how far it can push without provoking a U.S. military response, and it’s unclear if it's doing that because it plans a full-throated response in the coming months or year or two. Or if it's doing that to test for another reason.

– Isaac Stone Fish

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What was familiar no longer seems as familiar, for close to a year now, we've had messages of not being with others, to be distant... then the idea that,' Oh, there's ways that we can be with others and it's OK' — that's new information to reconcile. So, it's understandable that it feels different, at least, if not anxiety-provoking or stressful.

– Lynn Bufka

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Iran kept provoking the U.S. by hijacking oil tankers, shooting down a drone, and then attacking the Saudi Arabia Aramco facilities, trump only reacted militarily after the American Embassy was attacked in Iran.

– Harley Lippin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

If you think about going to the grocery store right now, there's a fair amount of planning consciously or subconsciously — what times will be less crowded, do I really need to go, and should I go, most of us didn't think of going to a grocery store as a dangerous thing before, yet now it has become an anxiety-provoking process.

– Bita Moghaddam

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The U.S. is pushing them and in the end they are provoking Iran to create a nuclear bomb, unequivocally.

– Russian Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Career counselors compare the dynamic to the 2008 recession but say there is hope for today's graduates to succeed in the job market, even if it takes time for the economy to rebound. ( Elina Shirazi) While Kmitt also shares concerns entering the workforce, she says one of the worst feelings are of being robbed of her senior experience. CHARLIE KIRK : CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS DO THESE 3 THINGS TO HELP THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES NOW Penny Kmitt poses alongside Penny Kmitt Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters during a soccer kickoff charity event at American University. ( Elina Shirazi) Coronavirus disrupted my year both socially, academically and emotionally. Elina Shirazi -RRB- Coronavirus really hit me as a student on so many different fronts. I feel like I did not get to say goodbye to people, to my college experience, to kind of still being a kid in a way. Now, Im just applying everywhere and I am just going to take the time to think about it and figure my life out. Amanda Rizza, a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communication and minoring in Psychological Sciences, says Amanda Rizza is also feeling the anxiety of finding a job, but is trying to focus on the big picture. Amanda Rizza is a senior at the University of Connecticut majoring in Communication and minoring in Psychological Sciences. Amanda Rizza says Amanda Rizza is also feeling the anxiety of finding a job, but is trying to focus on the big picture. It is one thing to be a senior stressed about finding a job, but it is a whole other situation trying to begin a post-graduate career during a pandemic to this magnitude, dealing with this while also balancing online academics and a part-time student job that I was able to continue remotely, is a daily challenge. I am grateful to be able to continue my academics and current job through the University of Connecticut, but the future is quite unknown for students who are in the same boat as me. It is stressful and anxiety-provoking, but all we can do is take one day at a time.

– Amanda Rizza

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I'm hoping that people are going to experience a different visceral reaction that will maybe change their thoughts about the matter into provoking them into action.

– WhIsBe

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

People don't like tariffs, and that's truly understandable. But they also think that maybe the tariffs have done some good in provoking very serious negotiations between the two sides.

– Tim Stratford

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It can be frightening for some parents [ and ] anxiety-provoking for parents to realize that their kids are vaping.

– Pat Aussem

Found on CNN
5 years ago

That uncertainty is very anxiety-provoking for the Israeli government because they fear that he is going to ask the Israelis to do things that this government may not want to do, may not be in a position to do. we want to see if the President understands Israel's traumas, its security dilemmas and its unique importance in the region.

– Other Jewish leaders

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The French government have completely failed in terms of maintenance of security at Euro 2016, three days before the England-Russia match in Marseille, there were a huge amount of English supporters who were provoking our fans. They were insulting our country, our president and were throwing glasses of beer at us. They were fighting with the locals and the police. On June 11, they fought with Russian fans.

– Alexander Shprygin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

ISIS is provoking us in the worst possible way.

– Francois Hollande

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I would assess that their technical capability has not increased, that said, everything that they're doing continues to be alarming and provoking. ... We continue to watch it closely.

– Vice Admiral James Syring

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What's remarkable to me is with $100 billion-plus imminent, the Iranians continue to act with impunity in provoking the administration.

– Mark Dubowitz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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