Word: rapport
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...crashing bore when delivering prepared remarks. Speaking to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco about the evils of entrusting the economy to Carter, Dole put the master of ceremonies to sleep, right at the head table. While the Senator can be charming in a small group, he has little rapport with the 20 or so reporters who ride in the back of the red, white and blue jet called the "Bob Dole Campaign Express...
Most post-season analyses harp on several common elements. A young player did not perform up to potential, the reliable veteran came up lame, it was a cold spring training, the momentum was missing, and of course, the manager did not establish a good rapport with his players. This formula will work for a Red Sox post-mortem and is guaranteed to make you a hit at any cocktail party...
...whose neat blue and white seersucker suit contrasted sharply with the bib overalls, T shirts and baseball caps in the crowd. Then the stranger in town stepped up onto the platform erected temporarily on the edge of the track, approached the microphone, and desperately tried to create an instant rapport with his audience. "I'm more of a stock-car fan today than I was yesterday," shouted Senator Robert Dole, the Republican vice-presidential nominee and Jerry Ford's vote-hunting emissary to alien lands...
...well at a meeting with 400 people arranged by the New York Board of Rabbis, though there was still some holding back. While in New York, he gamely appeared before a group of Italian-American leaders, whose feelings had been rubbed the wrong way by his seeming lack of rapport with ethnics and his use of the pronunciation "Eye-ta-lian" in his acceptance speech. Later, Lawyer Peter Cella, who scheduled the session, said: "One has to respect Carter for his political professionalism. We determined that he showed sensitivity and sincerity. Still, we are adopting a healthy skepticism...
Jones enjoys a unique rapport with many Harvard athletes who have taken his course. This has enabled him to perform a vital role as a member of the Harvard Standing Committee on Athletic Sports...