In his 1962 pamphlet, Revisionism and Brainwashing, Barnes claimed that there was a "lack of any serious opposition or concerted challenge to the atrocity stories and other modes of defamation of German national character and conduct".
The Gore campaign is also preparing for a more concerted challenge from Mr. Bush than it received from Mr. Bradley.
Monaco, bankrolled by their own roubles, will offer a more concerted challenge in the years ahead, when Ligue 1 will presumably become "more like Spain, who have Real Madrid and Barcelona", as pointed out by Blanc.
In what amounts to a concerted challenge to the judicial system, the president's wife, Bernadette, has chimed in, describing Juppé as "a great statesman", while Mr Chirac called a "politician of an exceptional quality of competence, humanity... and honesty".
The atmosphere in Rangoon was noticeably tense and quieter than usual as people waited to see whether the protesters would mount a concerted challenge to the authorities despite Wednesday's brutal crackdown.
Needless to say, the M.P.A.A., which cannot bear very much reality, took fright at all this and hobbled the movie with an NC-17 rating, which was overturned only after a concerted challenge.
Defeat is unlikely even though opposition demonstrations in 2011, inspired by the Arab Spring, left Mr Aliev's government rattled.This year the opposition hopes to mount a more concerted challenge.
His claim that his party, which faces a concerted challenge from a buoyant Conservative Party in half of those seats, was on course for power risked echoes of David Steel's notorious challenge to Liberals to "return to your constituencies and prepare for government".
In Shanghai, the city's mayor, Han Zheng, has taken over as acting party chief, but it is likely that Mr Hu will send one of his protégés to fill the post.At the central level, there is little sign of any concerted challenge to Mr Hu.
In the 1750s, when the first concerted challenge to his authority in the Punjab was posed by an alliance of Mughals, Sikhs, and Marathas, Aḥmad Shāh was too preoccupied with the rebellion of Nāsir Khan Balūch, to the west, to devote attention to the threat in the east.
