They never, then, in any way directly challenged the state.

Remarkably, this was the first case to directly challenge that right.

And he points out that no one has directly challenged his reporting.

A series of popes began to directly challenge this condition.

But a good deal of it directly challenged the moneyed interests.

It is these values that are being directly challenged by the violent extremists today.

"I like personal electric vehicles because they don't directly challenge the automotive manufacturing base," he said.

Beginning in 1953, it directly challenged "separate but equal" and demanded integration of schools.

These problems became embedded in the culture of the energy companies and there was a perception that Ofgem did little to directly challenge them.

In Manitoba, the pay cut was challenged directly by a provincial judges association.