11.   This action has provoked the most serious rupture in the two-month-old peace agreement.

12.   WHile the action provoked a sit-in by parents, a state audit found improper hiring and millions of dollar in expenditures that could not be accounted for.

13.   He rejected administration assertions that the Senate action would provoke attacks by rebel Serb forces in Bosnia.

14.   His controversial actions provoked maneuvers to oust the Liberals.

15.   The action has provoked protests by China and a series of demonstrations in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

16.   Their action provoked a major crisis for the new government of Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica, which took power last month after the collapse of Slobodan Milosevic.

17.   Doolan said the soap-opera format with cliff-hanger endings and fast-paced action should provoke discussion, not just about AIDS but about relationships and family life.