Needlessly provoking a nationalistic backlash only helps the drug traffickers.

But they also indicated that the four battalions were placed one at a time so as not to needlessly provoke the Sandinistas.

Many physicians and patient advocates say that casting these end-of-life conversations as adversarial needlessly provokes tensions.

The trick is to do so without needlessly provoking Beijing.

What he was after would needlessly provoke the Russians.

Since Ms Aloni took over the education ministry, she has succeeded in needlessly provoking almost every segment of the population.

Sophia and I agreed that, for the sake of avoiding obtrusiveness and of needlessly provoking those who tend to be against accommodation with the Americans, night is better than day.

Until the bonds loosen, recognition would give little practical benefit to Lithuania - and would needlessly provoke Moscow.

"The committee is needlessly provoking a confrontation with the White House," said Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, the Maryland Democrat who is the ranking minority member of the panel.

Like Wamsutta and his father before him, Philip vowed not to needlessly or unjustly provoke or raise war with any other natives.