1.   The American State Department said the lack of a viable peace process in the Middle East increased the danger that such incidents would provoke a spiral of violence.

2.   Snow, the former Secret Service official, said that incidents usually provoke follow-up attacks.

3.   That incident provoked angry rock throwing demonstrations outside the American Embassy here, and was resolved with the millions of dollars in reparations.

4.   That incident has provoked a broad rage and a growing campaign against U.S. military bases.

5.   The incidents provoked varying degrees of outrage, a clear signal they are not accepted norms of behavior.

6.   The incident also provoked charges that Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Police Commissioner William Bratton had prematurely concluded that Del Debbio had acted appropriately.

7.   The incident provoked a congressional investigation.

8.   But the incident provoked a heated response in Russia, which has long complained about alleged discrimination against large Russian-speaking minorities in the former Soviet Baltic republics.

9.   Russian television stations have repeatedly broadcast footage of police beating the retreating students, and the incident has provoked widespread condemnation by the federal government.

10.   The incident provoked strong reaction from new U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan as well as from the U.N. refugee agency and private U.S. refugee organizations.