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...Special Rapport. As a few of the experts left the meeting early, Press Secretary Jody Powell joked, "It's an elimination process up there. Every 15 minutes they take a vote, and everybody who gets less than three votes leaves." Some thought they detected a special rapport between Carter and Schultze. Most of those present had frequently been mentioned for top economic jobs in the Carter Administration, although there were a few surprises, notably Duke University Vice President Juanita M. Kreps and Laurence Lynn, professor of public policy at Harvard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE TRANSITION: Vance and Lance: The Selection Begins | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...Terry Knickerbocker as Senex, Hero's lecherous father, delivers his lines in a gutteral huff, and his singing is so stiff as to be wooden. Diane Nabatoff as Domina, his wife, does a generally good job, but is hampered because she and Knickerbocker never seem to develop the right rapport. Jim Pullam brings only braggadocio to his characterization of Miles Gloriosus; it's a tough role to sing, but Pullam can't quite hit the bass notes...

Author: By Joseph Dalton, | Title: That's entertainment | 11/12/1976 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RUNNING MATES: Slugfest in a Houston Alley | 10/25/1976 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: The Red Sox in 1976: The Electric Scoreboard and Other Excuses | 10/8/1976 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Dole: The Caustic Comedian | 9/20/1976 | See Source »

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