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...Mort Shuman. I'm not sure whether the strength of the lyrics is more properly attributed to their translation or to Brel himself. Perhaps both. A strand of bitterness runs through the songs, and a singer tells us, "Jacques Brel is bitter, but that's because he's in rapport with the world...
...lyrics are so good and his use of music is so brilliant that by the end of the show we are ready to respect anything he tells us. The small size of the Cabaret, the low ceilings, and the nightclub atmosphere have helped to create a good audience-performer rapport, and the singers have sung as if they were confiding in us and letting us share their frustrations. So when Brel's tone shifts from despair to hope in the final song, and the performers walk on stage holding hands and quietly singing "If We Only Had Love...
...forging Washington's new links with Peking and establishing a personal rapport with Chou, Kissinger shrewdly capitalized on China's fears of Soviet expansionism. Tuning, Kissinger readily concedes, has always played a large part in his success as a statesman. But says one Washington friend and admirer: "Sure, a lot of doors open for him. but he walks through them with class...
...ways. When he meets Israeli leaders, for instance, Kissinger calls Golda Meir "Madame Prime Minister," while Dayan and Allon are always "Moshe" and "Yigal." Foreign Minister Abba Eban, by contrast, is simply "Eban." Explains one participant in their talks: "For Mrs. Meir he has high respect, with Dayan good rapport, with Allon comradeship. With Eban there is not much more than a colleague-to-colleague relationship, since Eban is the silent man on the team who does not have much to say." Although Sadat addresses his "dear friend" as "Henry," Kissinger calls the Egyptian leader "Mr. President...
...these people have to get by without any until new ones take their place," McCleery explained. "They have to remember the old joke about how porcupines make love," he added whimsically. "They do it very carefully." In Hardesty Park Roger and Pat blunder their way into a more balanced rapport, pricking each other with their quills in the process. By the end of the play McCleery offers an optimistic perspective on marriage. Egos remain intact, the puncture wounds have closed, and the couple settles down to a blissful future in Eden...