road-tested

This is an interesting argument – some might call it daft – but it is about to be road-tested in the theatre of major championship golf by the two best players in the world, Lee Westwood and Luke Donald.

Luke Donald and Lee Westwood get serious about relaxation for US PGA 2011

Should you, readers, in spite of, or perhaps because of, my diatribe, wish to buy yourself a pair of silly shoes this season, here's my take on the very best in stilettos, platforms and wedges with the proviso that I haven't road-tested them myself—for the obvious reasons.

The Higher the Heel, the Harder the Fall Tina Gaudoin 2011

Not surprisingly, the album's songs sounded better live despite being road-tested by the band because the album's strength is its melody and they could stretch out further in concert.

Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall Michael Giltz 2010

Dr. Stephen Morton and Dr. Elleke Boehmer, in their very important new book, Terror and the Postcolonial, show how today's headlines on CNN may have been crafted for use in India in the 1800s -- perfected throughout the nineteenth century -- and road-tested on unfortunate Irish citizens in the 1910s.

Naomi Wolf: "Travelling States of Emergency" Unmasked: Did British Colonial Repression Tactics Inspire the American DHS? Naomi Wolf 2011

Not surprisingly, the album's songs sounded better live despite being road-tested by the band because the album's strength is its melody and they could stretch out further in concert.

Michael Giltz: Music: Richard Thompson at Town Hall Michael Giltz 2010

I have road-tested them, and whilst I acknowledge that the radically higher waist and the longer flared silhouette does wonders for your thighs, I feel duty bound to point out that heels or wedges are required if you are under 5 feet 8 inches tall.

A Few of My Favorite Things Tina Gaudoin 2011

Although the process allows contractors to have their products road-tested in battlefield conditions, Mr. Peterman said, "you are doing it totally at your own expense without a lot of formal clarity as to the likelihood of procurement, the timing or the quantity and dollar value."

Army Aims to Save by 'Buying Less, More Often' David Kesmodel 2011

In early March, Republic road-tested its new momentum with a protest outside the gates of Buckingham Palace.

Don't Save the Queen: Group Advocates End to British Monarchy Cassell Bryan-Low 2011

Unlike Austin's South by Southwest and New York's CMJ Music Marathon, Coachella presents only road-tested acts; even some of the emerging groups already have a veteran's presence onstage—there's no deer-in-the-headlights expression when something goes awry.

Coachella Highlights a New Era of Music Jim Fusilli 2011

Dr. Stephen Morton and Dr. Elleke Boehmer, in their very important new book, Terror and the Postcolonial, show how today's headlines on CNN may have been crafted for use in India in the 1800s -- perfected throughout the nineteenth century -- and road-tested on unfortunate Irish citizens in the 1910s.

Naomi Wolf: "Travelling States of Emergency" Unmasked: Did British Colonial Repression Tactics Inspire the American DHS? Naomi Wolf 2011