The group released additional information in a statement and in interviews, saying that much of its money had come in after its provocative advertisements captured media attention.

The most provocative advertisement in Ms. Yeakel's campaign opens with Mr. Specter questioning Professor Hill at the Thomas hearings.

In some cases, publicity agents may create "provocative advertisements" or make an outrageous public statement to trigger public controversy and thereby generate "free" news coverage.

His relationship with his daughter and his wife Lynn begins to deteriorate, and he questions his work at an advertising firm, which uses provocative advertisements involving teenagers.

A local television station, WNYW/Channel 5, is refusing to run a provocative advertisement promoting a Democratic candidate for Manhattan borough president.

A provocative advertisement featuring a bright red push-up bra symbolized the fierce opposition to a small business health insurance bill that collapsed in the Senate on Thursday.

Under pressure from black leaders and union groups, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, said last night that it had cut ties with a prominent Republican strategist who helped create the provocative advertisement.

Kenar, a company that may be known more for its provocative advertisements than for its clothing, plans to unveil its newest billboard in Times Square on Tuesday.

The promotional campaign for the album, including the album cover, featured provocative advertisements of Kim dressed in a skimpy bikini and surrounded by furs.

In the early seventies, her career was nearly derailed by a provocative advertisement in Artforum magazine-a riposte to the era's rampant machismo.