Sentences with phrase «going door to door in»

1990 Mufaweza Khan Mufaweza Khan began her family planning advocacy in the early 1970s by going door to door in the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, providing advice and information to Muslim women who never left their homes and had no contact with the outside world.

According to the Post and Courier, last week plant disease inspectors started going door to door in downtown Charleston, looking at backyard orange and lemon trees for signs of a disease that could wipe out the nation's citrus crop if it gets out of the city.

Meanwhile, Heartland's Sandy Liddy Bourne, often accompanied by others from Heartland or allies from Americans for Tax Reform, was going door to door in the Senate with copies of the first volume in the Climate Change Reconsidered series.

In 2006, HUD convened a special multi-agency task force comprised of federal and New York law enforcement agencies to combat the problem by going door to door in NYCHA developments to verify sex offenders» addresses.

On that soggy first day of petitioning Tuesday, while Perez Williams was struggling to keep her petition papers dry, City Auditor Marty Masterpole was going door to door in the James Geddes apartment building on Gifford Street.

Do you think this highly paid staff person is out there going door to door in Watertown?

Celebrating this spooky holiday is a lot different as a new parent rather than a young child going door to door in your favorite Halloween costume.

While accounts of rebel soldiers going door to door in the Christian quarter of Homs in March 2012 and driving them out of the city were initially met with scepticism, by the end of 2013 no one could doubt the intentional targeting of Christians, after three Christian men were shot dead for refusing to convert to Islam and a group of nuns were kidnapped after Maaloula fell to Islamist groups within the opposition.

I picked up my first contract by going door to door in one of the local business districts.

In Airbnb's case, these consisted of going door to door in New York, recruiting new users and helping existing ones improve their listings.»

I started going door to door in 1995 to sell subscriptions to a magazine and call - in service, in which people would submit reviews of the work someone had done for them.

With a knack for math and a drive for making money, Smith went door to door in his hometown of Aurora, Ont., asking businesses to let him work for free.

You go door to door in neighborhoods that do not have numbers on the curb or that need the numbers repainted.

I went door to door in my neighborhood, asking for people to buy them.

He also went door to door in his district, hung around at the local Starbucks talking one on one with voters, staked yard signs at the entrance to residential subdivisions, and attended homeowners» association meetings.

McFoy said officials have visited block clubs, called on Common Council members to help recruit residents and gone door to door in undersampled neighborhoods.

To test the theory, the CMAD personnel went door to door in a Clovis neighborhood to work with residents to eliminate water sources and to place fine netting on the ends of the drainage pipes.

When she dresses the same way to go door to door in a working - class neighborhood where industrial chemicals have caused illness, we have to wonder whether, in real life, she was hassled or mistrusted.

Parents and teachers went door to door in our car rider line to spread the word face to face.

Differentiating themselves from extremes, Morris Jeff board members went door to door in Mid City imploring neighbors of the school to enroll.

They hire around 50,000 people as temporary employees to go door to door in their local community to conduct the count.

Parent Revolution sent paid operatives out to go door to door in Compton with petitions.

Maps are highlighted according to the number of homes and our teams of volunteers go door to door in order to ensure that all dogs whose owners are willing to have their pets fixed are targeted.

That's why lawyers can't, for instance, go door to door in an elderly community asking residents if they'd like a will prepared.

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I also had a painting company in college where I went door to door selling painting services.

Every time that door to my office opens and Howard pops his head in, there's going to be some new exciting adventure ahead.

Disable the call waiting function on your phone and let calls go to voicemail, and put a «do not disturb» sign on your office door when you're in meetings or need quiet time to concentrate on a project.

It's usually easier to use the «throw it up and go» technique to get out the door in time.

Back in Barrie, Leone checks on a one - year - old elevator to demonstrate how an ideal maintenance job should go: He climbs into the pit at the bottom of the shaft and replaces the pads that absorb dripping oil; he wipes the crud and cobwebs from the elevator's bottom; he rests an ear against the door to listen to its mechanical innards; he straddles the door to ensure it nudges him out of the way properly.

«I went down to Silicon Valley a number of years ago, and there were places where you just get [hit] with this entrepreneurial energy when you walked in the door,» recalls the business graduate.

You can go to a pawn shop, a jewelry store, an online marketplace, or even the guy next door, and quickly unload your gold on the spot for cash in hand.

We've had clients say «we went with you because we got to kind of meet everybody before we even walked in the door.»

When an employee is in your workspace to talk, turn off your email alerts, close your door and let your monitor go into sleep mode.

«While these are going to help protect the premise, that could be another door in for a cyber breach.»

But some people in the tech industry argue that jobs like this should go to open - source software, which is freely available to test and deploy, rather than proprietary commercial software from companies like Microsoft that could include back doors and potentially be used to influence results.

Cleavage and short skirts may get men (in particular) through the door, but any restaurant that wants return business is going to have to do more than that.

But if you're worried about systems, schemes and streamlined management frameworks but haven't yet nailed down whether you're headed in the right direction, you could end up like someone rushing frantically to an appointment only to realize when they come to the door that they've gone to entirely the wrong location.

His mother Penny was the creator of the original pancake recipe and in 1982 went door - to - door selling the homemade mixes off the back of Clark's red wagon.

Going door - to - door during election campaigns can be gruelling, yet the veteran politician reportedly took delight in task.

Pokémon Go walks consumers to the door of physical locations by keeping them engaged in their quest.

But it also left the door open for people in certain areas to prepay their property taxes before it went into effect to get around the cap — according to the IRS, in areas where the property tax liability is assessed by the local government prior to the law going into effect.

«Don't waste your time bringing in multiple customers through the front door if you're going to lose them through the back door.

«We've also added a creator - in - residence, which is ultimately a person that gets to develop what's on the walls and what going to be shown when clients walk in the door,» Laughlin says.

If people aren't inspired to grow, another business comes in next door, and you go out of business.

«Door - knocking is going to be even more important in the future,» says Messina.

You have to wait in line in the facility to get your day pass, then about 5 minutes later the heavy metal doors are opened, and out you go.

Going cheap on your brand development could not only lead to a disconnect with potential customers, but could also result in your company shutting its doors as a result of low sales.

Some degree of customer turnover is inevitable for any business and if you're not marketing to bring new customers in the door, your sales are almost certainly going to decline.

Your Millennial employees might stroll in the door a half hour late some days, but they also probably respond to emails a half hour after most of your other employees have gone to bed.

The high - kick helps with this, like right before I going in to do a big major, mega, mega pitch, I do a high - kick right as I'm about to open the door to the meeting room.