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...addition, Whitlain has had amiable, prestige-building conversations with Queen Elizabeth II, Prime Minister Heath of Britain, President Suharto of Indonesia, Prime Minister Gandhi of India, and Pope Paul VI. But there is one notable world leader with whom he continues to lack rapport. Richard Nixon, who could not find time to see Whitlam when he was opposition leader, seems no more eager to meet him as Prime Minister. Possibly still angered by the sniping of Australian Cabinet ministers over the U.S. bombing of Hanoi last December, the President has yet to invite Whitlam to the White House...
...what Government is all about." Not so subtly criticizing past White House operations, Laird stressed the need to cooperate with Congress. "If you just want to fix blame, that's one thing," he said. "But if you want solutions to problems, there's got to be rapport...
Thus there was no cushion of rapport when the full impact of Watergate began to be felt. Ziegler labeled previous inaccurate pronouncements "inoperative." He apologized to the Washington Post for his earlier attacks. But reporters are in no mood to forgive...
...countryside), the insurgents and their North Vietnamese advisers were able to raise a substantial army. Good revolutionary manners helped. The North Vietnamese always paid for their rice and left the women alone. They provided medical treatment as well. Only after a period of moving in and establishing rapport with the peasantry did the K.I. set up rustic revolutionary schools and local governing committees in the Chinese or North Vietnamese style...
...report notes the personality and student rapport of each House Master. Highlights include the approachability and intense loyalty of F. Skiddy von Stade '38, Master of Mather House...