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That's how Bono described the late-night sessions he and the Gateses have when they get together. In an interview with Josh Tyrangiel in Omaha last week, the rapport between the rocker and the tech lords was easy and their curiosity about one another's worlds genuine...
...does for the young-urbans comedy what Everybody Loves Raymond did for the bickering-in-laws genre: proves that originality isn't everything. The gimmicky hook--narrator looks back on his courtship from 25 years in the future--is a distraction; what stands out is the crackling dialogue and rapport among the ensemble cast. (When Neal Patrick Harris isn't slipping the show into his tailored breast pocket, Jason Segel and Alyson Hannigan are so cute you could sprinkle powdered sugar on them and pop them in your mouth.) Mother feels like it's been on for years...
...take the job,†Gan said. “I only take up jobs if I have extra hours.†Katherine A. Hasty ’07 said she prefers to tutor only those students with whom she has developed a rapport. She said she started tutoring because of a love of writing and discussing politics, not for the $12-an-hour wage. So, apart from the core group she tutors, Hasty said she generally will not answer e-mail requests for tutors. “I tend to stick more with people...
...David cared a great deal about the quality of his teaching, he cared a great deal about the material that he loved...and he had a tremendous rapport with students,†Miller said. “In the long course of his professional life, he impacted many people who are now at the top of the legal profession...great practitioners, great judges, and a large number of academics...
...favor of former European Commission President Romano Prodi. Thirty-six years ago, a young priest officiated at the wedding of a fresh-faced economics professor, who, like the priest, came from a region near Bologna. The priest and the professor, Ruini and Prodi, have weathered the years; their early rapport may have endured less well. Prodi ignored the Cardinal's call to boycott the June referendum, saying he was "a grown-up Catholic and I'm going to vote." But Prodi has since been more careful. As Italians are learning, the Cardinal wields enough influence to preside not only over...