He handily beat back challenges from five rivals, humbling his critics and putting his reform program firmly back on track.
Mr. Jourden, 43, beat back challenges from 110 rivals from 14 countries, including Belgium, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain and Sweden, but failed to surpass his own world distance record of 34 feet.
Miller, 20, of Franconia, N.H., beat back challenges from more accomplished skiers like Thomas Grandi of Canada and Daron Rahlves of Truckee, Calif.
Mr. Gingrich taught college history and environmental studies for eight years before entering politics, and there is a pedantic side to his use of facts, the instinct to correct, impress, one-up, outdebate or otherwise beat back challenges.
Just as Obama spent his youth trying not to be threatening, so as not to unnerve whites, Hillary spent her life learning to be threatening so she could beat back challenges to her and her husband — from Republicans and from "bimbo eruptions" and now from a charmed younger rival.
Three incumbents handily beat back challenges from unqualified candidates who hoped to follow the example set six years ago by bagel shop owner Lynn D. Olson, who toppled a highly regarded veteran jurist.
Nielsen fought to retain its place -- critics have long labeled it a monopoly -- over the measurement of television ratings, beating back the challenges of several potential rivals.
It can hire lobbyists and litigators in multiple markets and persist until it succeeds in beating back legal challenges and seeing regulations made more friendly.
He ended up narrowly beating back a challenge from a first-time Democratic candidate in his deep-red district.
