Word: gauntlet
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...think the issue with Hart is his mating habits. It's risk taking, it's throwing down the gauntlet to the press. There is a temptation on the part of the public to translate politics into morals. The public cannot handle intricate political issues. It can handle relatively clear questions: Is this guy honest? Is this guy moral...
...Europe, such as ballistic Pershing I's in West Germany. Coupling depended largely on intermediate-range, nuclear-armed U.S. aircraft at bases on allied soil and on carriers patrolling the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean. In order to attack the U.S.S.R., fighter-bombers would have to run a gauntlet of Soviet antiaircraft installations, but nonetheless they were deemed a sufficient counter to clunky, obsolescent Soviet missiles...
...first individual event--the 500 freestyle--what was always a Crimson stronghold became a gauntlet of punishment, as Princeton placed first, second, third, and fourth overall. The highest Harvard finisher was John Pearson, who grabbed sixth...
Exploring blighted U.S. neighborhoods, especially in Los Angeles and Chicago, posed both physical and emotional challenges for our correspondents. Notes Los Angeles-based Jon Hull: "For trespassers armed with only pen and paper, the scrutiny of the resident youth gang can be nearly unbearable. I passed through a gauntlet of youths with a pounding heart." His apprehension soon gave way to sadness. "While most Americans make a point of avoiding the bad side of town, those within dream of one day escaping. My depressing conclusion was that few will succeed...
...South Carolina's gubernatorial campaign, Republican Carroll A. Campbell threw down the urinalysis gauntlet in a challenge to Democrat Mike Daniel. Daniel, now the state's lieutenant governor, refused and accused Campbell, a congressman, of "McCarthy-like tactics...