That prompted Barack Obama to throw down a gauntlet of his own.
Even the pro-life movement hasn't tried to outlaw fertility treatment: anyone who has ever watched someone they care about run the fertility gauntlet thinks twice before getting in .
Attorney General Bobby Kennedy last week ran the civil rights gauntlet, got flogged from both sides, and emerged scarredbut still in better shape than anyone might have .
Spurs anthem kid throws down the gauntlet A great singer in a matador Mariachi suit? San Antonio has thrown the gauntlet down for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Your response, Miami ?
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Arlen Specter in Guardian Unlimited Senator Schumer's not interested in looking at the record, he's interested in throwing down the gauntlet and making a story in tomorrow's newspapers,Specter said.
Jose Socrates in Reuters Canada Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said history had "thrown down the gauntlet and challenged us to work together to write together a completely new page in the relationship between Europe and Africa."
John Engler in Washington Post Watching this abuse of process, apparently without consequence for the wrongdoers, makes me wonder why any qualified citizen would submit to run today's Senate gauntlet,Engler said in a statement.