He ended up knocking on people's doors to seek out odd jobs to keep his record unbroken.
Or PointCast legendarily overplaying its hand when News Corp . came knocking, and ending up with next to nothing.
But he was unflinching in his response to the reporters who he believes are responsible for building up and knocking down reputations.
Modeled on Facebook, the tool connects all levels of staff to the information they are gathering as they work on tasks like signing up volunteers, knocking on doors, identifying likely voters and dealing with problems.
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The changes included knocking down several walls to open up small rooms and create a larger living area downstairs.
In two seconds flat there was the sound of a person thundering up the stairs and knocking at the door.
And hire someone who will immediately pick up a sledgehammer and start knocking down that wall.
The storm hit California and Arizona on Monday with strong wind and rain, knocking out power to thousands and kicking up a dusty haze in the metropolitan Phoenix area.
Neil Carter picked up the first wicket, knocking back the off stump of debutant Grant Hodnett for 10, and there was a rare success for Jim Troughton when he found a way past Steve Adshead's attempted sweep after he had made 19.
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This resulted in Patty again going up and down the street, knocking on doors, ranting.
"They put the wind up us a bit yesterday by knocking us over so quickly but I was really pleased with the way the boys fought today in pretty hot conditions, " said Australia coach Tim Nielsen.
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He also said Mr Adebolajo was "stopped" upon his return to the UK from Kenya and was later "followed up by MI5" who were "knocking on his door".
Beyond manning phone banks, passing out flyers, and knocking on doors, gay rights activists have come up with a new tactic to try to achieve their political objectives.
But Hurricane Sandy - aka Frankenstorm - had already started knocking east coast flight schedules around when I turned up for my Ohio flight, and as devoted Twitter followers will have seen, I drove.
The result provides a boost for the Scarlets' Welsh rivals the Ospreys, knocking Stade out of contention for a best runners-up spot.
The Shockers lived up to their nickname in the West, knocking off top-seeded Gonzaga in the second round and No. 2 seed Ohio State in the regional final Saturday night.
The ninth-seeded Shockers lived up to their nickname in the West, knocking off top-seeded Gonzaga in the second round and No. 2 seed Ohio State in the regional final Saturday night.
But it was one of the Scarlets' rookies - Jon Davies - who helped seal the result as the centre came flying up in defence to floor Ceri Sweeney, knocking the ball loose for Williams to gather and race under the posts.
Housing prices in Phoenix, spurred in part by easy lending, are up 57% in the past two years, knocking it off our Top 10.
Housing prices in Phoenix, Arizona spurred in part by easy lending, are up 57% in the past two years, knocking it off our Top 10.
They also provide a barrier between the affluent and beggars, junk collectors, basket sellers, fishmongers and job seekers that trawl up and down the streets daily ringing bells and knocking on doors looking for handouts, some on foot and some on horse cart.
On a network famous for building up celebrities, Chelsea Handler has made a business of knocking them down.
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And when advertising budgets shrank during the last few years, and media prices went up, even Google is expensive nowadays, opportunity came knocking for new kinds of ideas and thinking, the way was clear for the social media and innovative use of digital and film.
She developed a successful data-analysis software through her start-up Panorama, and in mid 1996, Microsoft came knocking.
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The one time you try to skip, you recant and end up slipping out of your apartment at three in the morning and knocking furtively on her door until she lets you in.
First up is a movie that may be critic-proof, especially if you have kids knocking around the house with nothing to do.
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Short of knocking down the million unsold new homes left after the property bubble burst, that will not pick up for many years.
They chalked up their problems in the New York area to devastating flooding that, in addition to knocking out power, disabled backup generators and disrupted the underground cables that carry calls, texts and Web searches from cell towers back to the main networks.
Edwards set himself up for this victory with a late-night call to new crew chief Jimmy Fennig, knocking on his door around midnight Saturday to go over some last-minute details.
Opportunity really came knocking in 1994, when a series of restrictions on the mobile phone industry were lifted and new carriers started up.
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