Word: rapport
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...luminous work, which uses the piano more as a part of the orchestra than does a formal concerto, combines evocations of Spain and its festive music with the muted orchestral transparencies of French Impressionist compositions. The orchestra and its marvellously accomplished soloist gave the work a stunning reading. The rapport between them was evident from the first and, throughout both Mr. Senturia and Miss Vosgerchian brought out DeFallas alteration between Latin passion and delicate poetry with judicious phrasing and well-varied tone coloring...
Bronxville, furthermore, is an intellectual town, with a good percentage of authors and professional men among its population. Here is another reason for rapport with the college, for Sarah Lawrence veers distinctly toward the intellectual...
Without student encouragement, the Dining Hall Department has full justification for not experimenting extensively with new dishes or combinations. More surveys might help the situation somewhat, but the initiative for kitchen-undergraduate rapport must come from the students themselves. House committees might consider polls or tours as worthwhile activities, and undergraduates should not hesitate to suggest changes and give opinions about the food. For $590 per year, any Harvard student certainly has the right to complain or praise, to suggest or condemn--but very few use this privilege...
Particularly outstanding was the rapport of the two artists, allowing a sureness and precision which is usually found only in ensembles of much longer standing Each one enjoyed the fullest freedom of individual expression, yet the result showed nothing but complete agreement and sympathy...
With a program so new, complications are prevalent and unavoidable. There is at this time no rapport between the College Board's concept of an advanced education in Romance Languages and the University's. Even in composition, seemingly an area definite enough to admit of clear-cut levels of attainment, the CEEB and Harvard are miles apart. This fall, students who had passed, even with honors, the composition (or "Language") portions of College Board Advanced Placement Tests in Romance Languages had absolutely no assurance of eventual Advanced Placement...