"I don't think about, 'Is this the kind of joke that will raise protests?' "

But opponents of genetically modified foods are already raising protests.

The networks' decision has not raised serious protests among television journalists.

Moorer raised mild protests after the fight, saying that he had got up after each knockdown and could have continued.

Not surprisingly, the hearings raised protests about a not-so-subtle campaign by the Government to bring the media back under its control.

He is refused admission to that church, because the synod feared he would raise protests there as well.

The perceived governmental tolerance of Antonescu's rehabilitation raised international concern and protests.

This was enough to raise vigorous protests and denunciations against him during his visit to the United States shortly after the book's publication.

Civil libertarians, the radical left, and legal scholars raised protests.

But the plea agreement, which followed a five-year investigation, raised bitter protests in Denver.