Word: rapport
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...control of U.S. foreign policy but wonder if he knows how to manage it. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, in particular, distrusts what he considers an evangelistic style and inexperience. "He is making policy from the pulpit," scoffs Schmidt privately. In an effort to strike up a badly needed rapport, the President and the Chancellor will have a private talk during the sessions...
...fourth Middle East leader Carter has met in his presidential crash course on the intricacies of Arab-Israeli diplomacy. His tutorial started out in March on a positive note. Israel's then Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was hopeful, although he and Carter never established any kind of personal rapport. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, on the other hand, was personable and positively ebullient about peace prospects. Meanwhile, the news reaching Washington about the Assad-Brezhnev talks was upbeat: the Soviets seemed eager to resume a leadership role at comprehensive peace talks in Geneva-a role that Henry Kissinger had largely...
...Piano Concerto in D (AnaMaria Vera pianist, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart conductor, Philips). Another up-and-coming pianist is Ana-Maria Vera of Washington, D.C. The joyous innocence with which she attacks these lighthearted concertos is at once admirable and touching. So is her sparkling technique and rapport with Maestro De Waart, the Dutchman who is succeeding Seiji Ozawa at the helm of the San Francisco Symphony. Ana-Maria, born in 1965. was eleven when this recording was made...
Sampson's style involves two basic steps. First, he must establish a close rapport with his patient and dispel any tension or distrust the patient may have. Sampson says he can gain this trust just about anywhere--in a coffeeshop or over a drink. But he says he feels this is a critical stage because he must make his patient believe that hypnosis is useful in a practical way, that it is natural and far removed from the talent show or the circus. Sampson then applies one of a variety of hypnotic techniques--he has a repertoire of about seven...
...down. Not until the meeting passed its 15-minute mark did the police begin to relax. Speaking in a low, soothing voice, Zahedi brought up the deaths of Khaalis' children, and suddenly the terrorist broke into tears. Then Zahedi returned to the Koran. "You could see a rapport building," recalls Ghorbal. "Trust and confidence were sinking in." Finally after two hours, Khaalis blurted out what was most on his mind: he did not want to go to jail, he wanted to go home...