Sentences with phrase «to throw down the gauntlet»

Once again, Greeley throws down the gauntlet in challenging the secularization theories that have dominated the last hundred years and more, especially in the social sciences.
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday threw down the gauntlet on Amazon, saying the e-commerce and cloud computing giant's latest fiscal quarter is the best he's ever seen and a «new order.»
Amazon's announcement of the Kindle Fire today threw down the gauntlet for both tablets and e-book readers.
Our youngsters need to just throw down the gauntlet by fizzing about like those Liv forwards, put everything into it even if you're told to stay patient.
Really, a large part of the appeal is that the game throws down a gauntlet of challenge that's hard to resist.
No stranger to controversy, Mahalo CEO Jason Calacanis threw down a gauntlet at his «content farm» competitors, arguing they're polluting the web and angering Google, to the detriment of searchers and their own companies.
Wine Retailers Throw Down Gauntlet Against Direct - Shipping Restrictions: The book on modern direct - to - consumer wine - shipping law was written at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 with the Granholm v. Healddecision...
First, Barry Ritholtz threw down the gauntlet over John Carney «s (Clusterstock) contention that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was a major contributor to the housing and credit meltdown.
Hot Links for Weekend Reading... There were two big rivalries this week, so we'll cover those first... First, Barry Ritholtz threw down the gauntlet over John Carney «s (Clusterstock) contention that the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) was a major contributor to the housing and credit meltdown.
The motto of the Dominican Order is «Veritas», which throws down the gauntlet to our age in which the accepted wisdom is a relativism that asserts, «Something may be true for you, but that doesn't make it true for anyone else.»
The governor also threw the down the gauntlet to the Legislature, urging lawmakers to pass ethics reform to end pay - to - play corruption scandals engulfing Albany.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver threw down the gauntlet on expanding charter schools, saying there's no reason to add more despite the clamor of parents and education reformers.
«We are going to take the country back and we are throwing down the gauntlet today,» said Slaughter to raucous applause from her the assembled Democratic lawmakers and staff in attendance.
For its part, Amazon is already throwing down the gauntlet by drastically lowering prices on its first official day overseeing the organic supermarket chain.
Microsoft threw down the gauntlet in the VR world last year, forcing existing manufacturers to react quickly to an onslaught of inexpensive yet capable competition all at once.
Aperion Audio has quietly thrown down the gauntlet with the Verus Grand speakers.
Roger has now thrown down the gauntlet
Kevin O'Keefe throws down the gauntlet, announcing that lexBlog, the company he founded a year ago, is ready to take on LexisNexis Martindale and Thomson's Findlaw.
«If Wendy's social media manager hadn't thrown down the gauntlet and given a fixed, concrete number, there wouldn't have been this ensuing race or challenge.
President Donald Trump threw down the gauntlet Wednesday morning by telling Russia to prepare for a US missile strike on Syria in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack blamed on the Syrian government.
Ms. Wu threw down the gauntlet minutes after China's largest online bazaar reported its fastest pace of top - line growth since it went public in 2014, a performance that sent its shares to a 14 - month high in New York.
Edna - I really do not want to say this but in some ways Mr Lutz did sorta throw down the gauntlet on this one.
In his essay, Walker throws down his gauntlet as a black liberation theologian and then picks it up as a process theologian.
Two weeks ago, 26 - year - old Pastor Kyle Bonenberger threw down the gauntlet with his flock.
Gilroy Garlic Festival organizers threw down the gauntlet April 4 on Facebook.
So Bob threw down the gauntlet and challenged Jim to the first - ever FamilyFarmed Birthday Fundraising Faceoff.
Rory throws down the gauntlet: «Really excited to go out there tomorrow, show everyone what I've got, show Patrick Reed what I've got... All the pressure's on him tomorrow... He's got a lot of support here and I'm hoping to come in and spoil the party» #TheMasters
The Masters bumped its purse up to $ 11 million in April and, as noted above, the U.S. Open threw down the gauntlet in the offseason with an announcement that they were spreading out some of the sugar from that billion - dollar TV deal with FOX and making the jump from $ 10 to $ 12 million.
The Young Frenchman threw down the gauntlet, but the «mature» Spaniard fell short by the finish line.
Catherine Wilcock's Oxford University side threw down the gauntlet to arch-rivals Cambridge with a stunning victory in the opening round of the BUCS Premier League South.
Fraser Gillies scored 27 points as Cambridge threw down the gauntlet to their on - looking Oxford rivals with an eight try demolition of a strong Steele - Bodger's XV.
Addressing the issue on Kokrokoo on Peace FM, Kweku Baako threw down the gauntlet on lawyer Effah Dartey's threats, stressing that he (Effah Dartey) will run helter skelter when he gets before the Disciplinary Committee.
First, Justice Secretary and leading Vote Leave advocate Michael Gove throws down a gauntlet, explaining how he believes Brexit negotiations could be conducted calmly and without crisis.
Defence spokesman Jim Murphy threw down the gauntlet by insisting that the party had to revise its message now that the economy was clearly recovering.
On the final day of the conference, he immediately threw down the gauntlet to the men he is set to face at the next general election by comparing Mr Blair to Victoria Beckham.
Cuomo, just days before he was re-elected to a second term, essentially threw down the gauntlet, saying he intends to take on the status quo of New York's school system in his second term.
Mayor Bloomberg threw down the gauntlet yesterday before the city's municipal labor unions, demanding massive, wide - reaching reforms in the pension system — including a call to stop workers from racking up overtime just before retirement to pump up their taxpayer - funded nest eggs.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — When Mayor Stephanie Miner threw down the gauntlet to Gov. Andrew Cuomo this week, challenging him in the media to confront the fiscal problems of cities, she did so alone.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn threw down the gauntlet to the Prime Minister with a direct challenge on Twitter saying: «If this General Election is about leadership, as Theresa May said this morning, she should not be dodging head - to - head TV debates.»
Cynthia Nixon threw down the gauntlet Monday, challenging Gov. Cuomo to a one - on - one debate.
The Lib Dem leader threw down the gauntlet to Mr Farage on Thursday, saying he was the right person to debate the issue of Europe with the UKIP leader.
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