It threw down gauntlets left and right, challenging lazy assumptions of his liberal base (that war is avoidable) and his conservative opposition (that war is glorious).
Both Bird and Titans captain Nate Myles also ran a media gauntlet as they left the airport.
After labor agreements went awry at other major points on the rail system, word got around that "the Man" was throwing down his vile, greedy gauntlet, so workers left their posts, congregated at a busy intersection in an immigrant-heavy neighborhood, and highlighted their discontent by chucking rocks.
Morgan, who is also education secretary, and Amber Rudd, the energy secretary, were running the usual gauntlet of snappers as they left a pre-budget cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning.
As I left HMV, running the gauntlet of four TV camera crews, two print reporters and assorted others just staring glumly at its frontage, another record came over the PA.
At New Year's Revolution in January, Massaro won the first ever Bra and Panties Gauntlet match by being the final Diva left still wearing her clothes.
Meanwhile, Mr. Duncan Smith is left to decide whether to pick up the gauntlet laid down by a benefit recipient, interviewed by the BBC, who challenged the minister to match his experience of living on £53 a week.
Anne McElvoy, senior editor at the Economist I left the Tory party conference last week and a gauntlet of protesters shouting hate-you-very-much messages at everyone who passed through security.
Defending champion Cespedes led off by throwing down the gauntlet with nine home runs, including two with one out left.
A militant socialist for decades, he was well placed to take up the gauntlet of the radical left and is standing on behalf of a Communist-backed coalition called Left Front.
After a final toast, the bridal convoy left to the sound of joyful gunfire and towards a gauntlet of roadblocks.The first was most serious.
