Word: rapport
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...make a perfect couple. While they don'tshare any common interests--Ashley is interestedin writing and will comp the Advocate thissemester, while Peter is on the squash team--theyhave a special rapport. Any complaints? None fromEvans. Christodoulo, an avid Star Wars fan, hadonly one. "She always confuses Star Trek and StarWars," he says. "I'm only a Star Wars...
...Gephardt at the White House? Where their staffs once fed the rivalry, the principals have begun to rely upon--and even trust--some of the same allies, notably Democratic uber-fund raiser Terry McAuliffe and current White House chief of staff John Podesta. It helped their new rapport that both had so much to lose in last November's midterm election. In late August, Gephardt conspicuously declared his support for Gore against renewed questions involving the Vice President's 1996 fund-raising activities. At a joint campaign event in St. Louis last October, the two heaped praise on each other...
...recorded at a 1983 live date in Norway. It's Getz's gig, but Baker shines, singing with an unaccustomed force and levity; on Just Friends he scats nimbly too. His trumpet and Getz's tenor sax are also in top form; these relaxed, lyrical players have an obvious rapport. Reportedly, they couldn't stand each other; you'd never know from this little gem of a disc...
...Dean Sparagana will be a considerable loss for Harvard-she has a good rapport with students, proctors, and faculty", Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68 wrote in an e-mail message...
What is true about Monty Roberts is his ability to establish rapport with a wild, unridden horse and, within 30 minutes or so, "join up" with the animal to the extent that it will accept a saddle, bridle and rider. He observes the horse's body language and responds with his own motions to anticipate the animal's fears. Other trainers use versions of the technique. So did the hero of Nicholas Evans' weepy best-selling novel The Horse Whisperer, which later became a Robert Redford film. But though Roberts' book jacket bills him as "a real life horse whisperer...