Word: gauntleted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Latest U. S.-owned steamer to get in Yangtze trouble is the Iping. Scuddling down the river's rapids, she bumped herself on a rock, limped on, ran a gauntlet of Communist fire, escaped toward Ichang. Next day "friendly" Government artillery suddenly surprised the Iping with shrapnel, desperately wounded two Chinese passengers, put a slug in the leg of Leo Bradley, able seaman U. S. N. Promptly other U. S. Naval guards on the Iping got her guns into action, silenced the Chinese battery with an Imperialist cannonade...
American colleges have been running the gauntlet between savage attacks from many quarters during the last few years. Dr. Flexner's comprehensive survey simply represented the climax of widespread dissatisfaction with university practices. An admirable explanation of the conditions is contained in an article called "The Unintellectual Boy," in the current Atlantic Monthly...
...into "a scrawny town in a Western state." When they unhappily encounter a railroad detective, noted for his extreme lack of sympathy with bums, their troubles recommence. After eluding the detective they stumble into a "sapping day"-a roundup of hoboes by embattled farmers-are forced to run the gauntlet, finally escape to a deserted "jungle" and fall exhaustedly to sleep, only to wake in the arms of the police. A heartless judge gives them each 120 days in the county jail...