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...recent article in The Weekly Standard, David Brooks offered an explanation for McCain's odd rapport with the young. McCain is the anti-boomer, wrote Brooks: He appeals directly to the elderly ("The Greatest Generation") and to their grandchildren, but cares not so much for everyone in between. McCain favors self-sacrifice to immediate gratification, frugality to indulgence, prudence to pleasure. Self-gratifying boomers are personae non gratis...
...Rocker offered something of an apology, which opened with the statement "My emotions fuel my competitive zeal. I have gone way too far in my competitive zeal." Huh? Short of a full-scale apology for his remarks about foreigners, it's hard to imagine Rocker sharing any sort of rapport next year with the man who'll be calling his pitches - Puerto Rico native Javy Lopez...
...truth that God is infallible and consequently unmaking existence. These two Jersey-bound travelers don't understand the consequences of their scheme, and go their way, gleefully handing out the Wrath of God every chance they get. As is to be expected, Affleck and Damon have a great onscreen rapport, which lends itself beautifully to both the sensational and frivolous components of the film. Although it is not a stretch for them to play old buddies on the screen, the movie does provide chances for them (particularly Affleck) to exercise their acting talent, and they do so with panache...
Some SSI guards have won good reviews from police and students. Still, the high turnover in the out-sourced security guard industry may keep guards from developing a solid rapport with students...
...according to both patrol officers and Cambridge political officials, been at odds with his top supervisors since he became commissioner in 1996. Though Watson has been an effective manager, his style has clashed with the old guard at the department. Worse, according to some, is that Watson never developed rapport with his patrol officers, due in part to his stormy relationship with the Cambridge Police Patrol Officer's Union...