Word: rapport
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...Stoltzman, 36, is challenging all that. A short, engagingly boyish virtuoso who has chosen a solo career over an orchestra seat, Stoltzman has an almost magical rapport with his instrument. His recent sell-out appearance in the Mostly Mozart series at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, where he wore a velvet jacket and what he calls his "dress sneakers," turned into a celebration of the clarinet's possibilities. In Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, which he performed with the Tokyo String Quartet, Stoltzman glided effortlessly through long, sustained phrases. He caressed his instrument...
...things. Now we are saying that pretty soon Jimmy Carter had damn well better take hold of things." Some Democratic congressional leaders in particular warn that they have just about given up on the President. Says one top congressional insider, gloomier and grouchier than most: "The possibility of rapport is gone. Like a bad marriage, it's just gone sour beyond repair." Dissatisfaction and discouragement are showing up even inside the White House, with key staffers complaining about the sloppy way the Administration is being...
Presley wanted to meet FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who loathed long-haired types. "Presley stated," the memo went on, "that his long hair and unusual apparel were merely tools of his trade and afforded him access to and rapport with many people." Jones wrote to his superiors, however, that "Presley's sincerity and good intentions notwithstanding, he is certainly not the type of individual whom the director would wish to meet." Hoover never did agree to see Presley. Instead, he wrote the singer a letter saying that he would "keep in mind your offer to be of assistance...
...West with a two-bit gambler named Baudray D'Emerillo (Peter Fonda). "I'm still playing the part of a girl who wants to be older, but this time there's none of that sex business involved," says Brooke. Even nicer, she has established a rapport with Co-Star Fonda, who also happens to be the director. "This is the first time I've worked with a director who is a good friend," says Brooke, adding with childlike logic: "Maybe it's because he's got children himself...
...quite. But the wonder boy had been riding long enough to develop that special link between man and mount. Says Cauthen: "I've got a good rapport with my horse. I know him well, and he knows me. He does everything right. He's by far the smartest horse I've ever been on. He's never burned out, and always has had something left. I knew from the start he would be a fine Derby prospect...