Shoe Leather

It took a few more days of shoe-leather police work to identify the precise apartment and to get a search warrant. ❋ Annys Shin (2010)

Designers and journalists blog, tweet and re-tweet in hopes of building their audiences, but as any shoe-leather reporter, fashion production assistant, or even Malcolm Gladwell can attest, real progress requires real presence. ❋ Jenni Avins (2010)

Getty Images David Broder He stood out among political columnists both for his Rolodex and his sheer shoe-leather reporting. ❋ Stephen Miller (2011)

But back when they were doing their reporting on Nixon and Watergate, the two young newspapermen were outsiders, shoe-leather reporters who talked to folks high and low, including secretaries and bookkeepers. ❋ Michael Hudson (2010)

The trust that viewers placed in him was based on the recognition of his fairness, honesty and strict objectivity. … and of course his long experience as a shoe-leather reporter covering everything from local politics to World War II and its aftermath in the Soviet Union. ❋ Unknown (2009)

After days of saturation coverage and some very good shoe-leather reporting, much of this has become clear to the public and national media. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The first film, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," directed by Niels Arden Oplev, at least hit its marks: Salander's cyber-hacking complemented Blomkvist's shoe-leather reporting, and vice versa. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His main lawyer, John Dowd, told the jury that the financier built his hedge fund on "shoe-leather research". ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jon Huntsman Jr. has staked his presidential hopes on New Hampshire, a strategy akin to Rick Santorum's shoe-leather campaign in Iowa that ultimately proved successful. ❋ Elizabeth Williamson (2012)

Mr. Dowd said his client ran a legitimate business that used a "mosaic" of research to make trading decisions about companies and "built his success on shoe-leather research." ❋ Chad Bray (2011)

Man, I had to take [the shoe] [leather] [express]! ❋ Nebbishxx (2008)