Word: rapport
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...convey the immense sweep of the latter work and yet do justice to episodes of intimate chamber music is the formidable task facing the performers. They must possess not only virtuosity, but a delicate rapport in ensemble; not only forceful rhythmic drives, but the courage (and control) to bring a lengthy phrase to a hushed and protracted close. Mr. and Mrs. kohn seemed aware of the immensity of their task. Much of the playing was brilliant as well as subtle. Yet on the whole, the performances of the Schubert works left too many problems unsolved or only half-heartedly assaulted...
...Schwerin, "TV is not an advantageous medium for every type of product ... It is easy to show that a shoe polish will shine shoes, but how can you show that a pill will give relief?" Many a TV ad fails, says he, because admen are "college men ... not in rapport with the people they are communicating...
...play from a purely dramatic point of view, she tells Simpkins of her self-hatred and search for security. In Simpkins, she finds the first person who sees her as she wants to be. Whether or not you take Simpkins as Christ, the process of self understanding through rapport with another being is highly emotional and dramatic...
Mutual Admiration. Foxhunter and Colonel Llewellyn appear to form a mutual admiration society. "We have a rapport, a liaison, don't you know," says Llewellyn. .He and Foxhunter have long "conversations," one-sided, naturally, but Llewellyn insists that the horse understands. In the partnership, "Foxhunter is the senior partner," and does most of the work. Llewellyn's job: "To place him," i.e., pace the horse between jumps so that he will arrive at the proper take-off point...
...interview is, understandably, a ticklish business. After years in which he never smoked or drank, Kinsey deliberately took up tobacco and alcohol in a gingerly fashion, because he thought that if he smoked and drank moderately with people whose sexual histories he was exploring, it would produce a better rapport. The system seems to work. Nobody who has given his case history to Kinsey is likely to forget the experience. His own family has contributed; he took his daughter Joan's sex history when she was in high school, and after she married, her husband offered...