But when in his speech Romney talked of going "step by step, door by door", it felt like it came from the heart.
He locked the car but took the time to check door by door, shaking each one vigorously to make sure that they were all properly closed.
In the papers, she claims that candidates are required to carry out regular canvassing in a ward and make contact with 300 individuals by door-step or telephone canvassing each month.
He enters by one door, exits by another, changes his cars daily, never makes appointments on a telephone, never is predictable, will show up--he only uses people that are related to him that he can trust.
By the door hangs a picture of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint.
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The juices come in glass vials and are left by your door early in the morning.
He won his seat largely by going door to door and then writing personal thank you notes.
His 8-year-old daughter Enatnesh stands by the door way and takes this all in with a look of profound sadness.
Bridey rolled her eyes, folded the gum into a scrap of paper, and tossed it into a wastebasket by the door.
Ms Dodds believes she is ahead, judging by her door-to-door canvassing.
Babies, for all their many unarguable charms, will not run with you in the park, wait by the door for you to return, and, as far as I can tell, know absolutely nothing of unconditional love.
And totally fearless and precautious, and her musical director walked by the door and she stopped him and said, this is Patti Austin and she's a singer and she's going to sing on the next show.
The Parker cellar lies just below the kitchen floor and is accessed by a door decorated with a charming photo of the young Parkers: Pat Parker looked like a double for Natalie Wood, while Mr. Parker looked like Jack Nicholson in his prime.
In Duval County, where Jacksonville is located, the party reached out to about 100, 000 voters with phone calls and by going door-to-door over the past six days -- three times as many as it contacted during the final six days of the 2004 campaign, according to local officials.
And burglary statistics from the dorms don't distinguish forcible break-ins by outsiders from students who take advantage of an open door by helping themselves to a neighbor's BlackBerry.
Could banks have shown risk out of the front door by selling loans, only to let it return through the back door of prime broking?
The feeling of watching a very good amateur production was increased on this first night of the run by a set door which would not stay shut, despite increasingly farcical attempts to close it by cast members, culminating in Costigan leaning awkwardly against it while delivering his lines.
The incident was blamed by Douglas on the door having been forced shut by a ramp service agent on the ground using his knee.
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And then, to shouts of joy and a round of applause from onlookers, Mr Liu was hoisted by rescuers onto a makeshift stretcher made from a wooden door covered by a quilt and carried down to safety.
By the front door, the burglar alarm resumed its beeping, at a shriller pitch.
The burglar alarm by the front door was peeping and blinking, softly, as if to itself.
It started with handshakes at the door by both a male greeter and hostess.
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There was some action by the metal door that constituted one of many false alarms.
The BHA accuses faith groups and councils of setting up new faith schools "by the back door".
Raising money by the back door suits the companies, because it avoids the scrutiny surrounding stockmarket flotation.
Suchen looked up at the afternoon sunshine, framed by the rectangular door, waiting to claim Walter and herself.
The sacking comes less than two hours after Brian Laws was shown the door by Lancashire neighbours Burnley.
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