You saw Jeff Bezoscome out last week with and sort of throw down the gauntlet on wages to Walmart.
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In a new study, published today in the journal Science Advances, scientists decided to really throw down the gauntlet.
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This is the chance for Democrats to throw down the gauntlet, but whether or not it will be a success remains to be seen.
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If ever there were a time to throw down the gauntlet and change things up a bit, the Oscars entrance parade should be it.
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Awaiting that moment, however, it remains disturbing to listen to an attorney general throw down the gauntlet that he simply will not disclose conversations with the president.
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Much of that hope dissipated when Mr. Trump chose to throw down the gauntlet and call for "law-and-order" as a central part of his campaign message.
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First, Rebecca Romijn seemed to throw down the gauntlet in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, saying that "legitimate fashion people" hate the rise of the social media star model hybrid.
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Microsoft ditched standard newsroom convention to throw down the gauntlet and take a very public swing at chief rival Apple and the new MacBook Pro in a recent Surface-themed blog post.
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The once-awesome Russian space program, whose feats in the early 1960s first inspired President John F. Kennedy to throw down the gauntlet of the first moon race, is in survival mode.
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Hungry City 11 Photos View Slide Show ' King of Falafel & Shawarma is a bold, throw-down-the-gauntlet title for what started out as a lone street cart in the shadow of the elevated train in Astoria, Queens.
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But Mr. Pompeo's speech at the conservative Heritage Foundation was intended to throw down the gauntlet against Tehran, following President Trump's withdrawal earlier this month from the Iran nuclear deal that was negotiated with world powers in 2015.
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He is currently instructing performers on the proper way to put up their dukes and throw down the gauntlet for a production of "Roméo et Juliette" at the Metropolitan Opera and the drama "Oslo," which begins preview performances at the Vivian Beaumont Theater on March 23.
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"It took less than five minutes into Fox's 'Grease: Live' for director Thomas Kail to throw down the gauntlet, kick it out the door and slam the door shut on just about any future live musicals when it comes to sheer technical dexterity," said The Hollywood Reporter's Fienberg.
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To put "America First" in Africa Trump must throw down the gauntlet and super-charge trade by expanding AGOA and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation with incentives for U.S. companies to invest across the continent; such incentives could be limited to sectors that do not undermine American jobs.
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He noted twice this week that fellow Republicans have counseled him against pursuing such a contentious strategy so close to a moment of reckoning for the party, but said Thursday that the likes of Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh had encouraged him to throw down the gauntlet on his border wall before the elections.
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Fashion Review PARIS — The evening before President Trump arrived in Davos, Switzerland, to hobnob with the global elite and throw down the gauntlet of America First — and maybe nail down a date with President Emmanuel Macron of France for his first state dinner — Pierpaolo Piccioli, creative director of Valentino, stood atop an ornate iron staircase in the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild here and brought the couture shows to a close with a meditation on the subject of dreams.
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The Lords Appellant throw down their gauntlets and demand Richard II let them prove by arms the justice for their rebellion To "throw down the gauntlet" is to issue a challenge. A gauntlet-wearing knight would challenge a fellow knight or enemy to a duel by throwing one of his gauntlets on the ground. The opponent would pick up the gauntlet to accept the challenge. The phrase is associated particularly with the action of the King's Champion, which officer's role was from medieval times to act as champion for the King at his coronation, in the unlikely event that someone challenged the new King's title to the throne.
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The King or Queen's Champion (the office being held by the Dymoke family in connection with the Manor of Scrivelsby) would ride into the hall on horseback, wearing a knight's armour, with the Lord High Constable riding to his right and the Earl Marshal riding to his left. A herald would then make a proclamation of the readiness of the champion to fight anyone denying the monarch. After 1800, the form for this was as follows: The King's Champion would then throw down the gauntlet; the ceremony would be repeated at the centre of the hall and at the High Table (where the sovereign would be seated). The sovereign would then drink to the champion from a gold cup, which he would then present to the latter.
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To do so they had to accept the FA code, which led to the quick spread of a universal set of rules. These rules are the basis of which all association football rules today stem from. Sheffield F.C. (here pictured in 1876) is the oldest association club still active, having been founded in 1857 Later competitions saw the 'Gentleman' or Southerners dominate with Old Etonians, Wanderers, Royal Engineers and Oxford University who amongst them took 19 titles. Queens Park withdrew in the semi-finals of the 1873 cup (which due to the format being played that year meant that all the challengers to Wanderers' trophy played a competition for the right to throw down the gauntlet and play the holders, hence the full name FA Challenge Cup) because they had trouble raising travel expenses to pay for the constant trips to England, this directly led to the formation of the Scottish FA. However, despite this, Queens Park continued to participate in the FA Cup, reaching the final twice, before the Scottish FA banned Scottish clubs from entering in 1887.
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