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Dover test
 n.— «As it stands, congressional support for the Haiti mission is too thin “to pass the Dover test,” said Sen. John Glenn (D-Ohio), referring to the Dover, Del., Air Force base where the bodies of any U.S. soldiers killed in Haiti will be flown.» —“Pre-Election Battle Over Haiti Shaping Up in Congress Politics” by Michael Ross Los Angeles Times Sept. 24, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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