Word: rapport
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...also said yesterday that he realizes that most students do not know who he is. He will soon find out that many do not even care. In addition, he will have to overcome the mammoth negative Pusey legacy. While it is doubtful that any successor could have as little rapport with or understanding of this University's students as the current President, students are likely to look cynically upon any grandstanding actions that the new President may take to ingratiate himself with them...
...used to have a tremendous rapport with students and people in Cambridge," Harvard Bookstore owner Frank S. Kramer said yesterday. "Not with the ones whose fathers paid their Coop bills for them, but the ones who wanted to shop around for a good deal on a used book. Now we're just another capitalist. There isn't that same rapport anymore...
...telephone interview last night. "When we knew there was going to be a rally, I agreed with Mr. Fox that nothing's going to be accomplished by my talking to a mass group. I did talk to a few people, and I thought I established a good rapport with them," he added...
...sabotage the Paris peace negotiations by advising the Thieu-Ky regime to hold off in hopes of a better deal with Nixon. These dark rumors, which she denies, threatened her status as a hostess for a time, but today "the Dragon Lady of Watergate East" is very much en rapport with such men of power as Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary of Defense Laird and FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover...
...statistics don't tell the whole story; Jelic's rapport with the players explains part of his success. "My approach to coaching is that you can't push a player if he doesn't want to. You can encourage and make suggestions, and you have to have confidence in him especially when the going gets rough. Sure I've chewed guys out in practice, but when the pressure's on, I'm behind them," he explained...