21. Members of his transition team at one point suggested charging sales tax on food and medicine, provoking a storm of protests that it would hurt the poor. 22. The brazen heist had provoked a storm of criticism over museum security in Italy, where theft and damage to a vast artistic patrimony is all too common. 23. The bill has provoked a storm of criticism in a country where many, both black and white, come from conservative religious backgrounds. 24. The book provoked a storm in political circles. 25. The crime had provoked a storm of criticism over museum security. 26. The deal provoked a storm of protest. 27. The foulups provoked a storm of bad publicity for the organizers in the first week of the games. 28. The move provoked a storm of protest, but while the protest has died down, the tents remain. 29. The murder of elementary school principal Gwendoline Jele in the mostly black township of Soweto provoked a storm of outrage and was front-page news Friday. 30. The killings provoked a storm of international protest. |