Word: rapport
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Liszt: Concerto No. 1, Les Preludes (New York Philharmonic. Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Andre Watts, pianist; Columbia) confirms the astonishing first impression that 16-year-old Pianist Watts made in his New York debut in January. Watts and Bernstein are in rapport in a fluent and subtle performance...
...human feeling-from misery to self-pity to despair. When these subtleties have been achieved, the song ought to be recorded by someone who sings no better than any other kid on the block, lest the record lose the "dumb sound" the industry values as a cinch to win rapport with the girls...
Despite this unfortunate detention, there was a friendly rapport between the students and the cops. Everyone appreciated the fact that the cops kept smiling as they dispersed the throng...
...most interesting. Anchorman Walter Cronkite never cronked better, their Precinct Profile Analysis matched NBC's Dewline, and there was an easygoing rapport in the air as Cronkite nonchalantly tossed the ball to Eric Sevareid, Harry Reasoner, David Schoenbrun or Charles Collingwood. ABC hugely improved its coverage and managed to run a poor third, giving too much time to dull human analysis while the network's computer was failing to get a word in edgewise...
...Frost, escorted by Russian Literary Editor Aleksandr Tvardovsky, 52, and Angry Young Poet Evgeny Evtushenlco (TIME cover, April 13, 1962), began searching for common mind-meeting ground. The search led him far afield-so far that at times he seemed willing to go to almost any length to gain rapport. "We admire each other, don't we?" asked Frost. Russian silence, and a wan Evtushenko smile. "Great nations don't take pleasure in belittling each other." More silence. "If Russia beat my country in everything, then I would become a Russian." At that the Russians roared with laughter...