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...Knothole Gang. This was a pregame show shot at Ebbets Field, in which three Little Leaguers played catch with one of the Brooklyn Dodgers, and in this particular show, Vinnie, Richie and Louie from St. Bernadette's got to work out for Robinson. The kids enjoy an easy rapport with Robinson as they toss him questions and he tosses them grounders. There is no racial subtext. There isn't even a gap between fan and star--they are just ballplayers of different sizes. As Jackie gently admonishes the kids, "Stay on it, stay right on it now," you realize that...
BEIJING: Vice President Al Gore began a four-day visit to China with soft words and poetry straight from Foggy Bottom, as he prepared to meet President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng in hopes of building a productive rapport with Deng?s successors. "The landscape of U.S.-China relations is filled with many rivers,? Gore intoned, ?some flowing together, others flowing apart. Such variety befits the interaction of two great nations and civilizations." Translation: the Administration believes it can make more progress with the Chinese on tough political issues such as human rights in private one-on-one meetings...
Which helps explain why Clinton and Lott regularly meet and talk on the phone and enjoy the easy rapport of two pros at the top of their game. Leon Panetta, who recently resigned as Clinton's chief of staff, said the two "like playing with each other, trying to find out as much as possible while giving as little as possible away." As in any productive negotiation, both Lott and Clinton will occasionally say, "Now, if I were to do X, what would be your response? Could you do Y?" Each man is also listening for clues to the same...
...audience becomes especially aware of this absence is the sequence in which the family is preparing for morning chores. Six people work together on various tasks, including making the beds, yet no one speaks. How did the filmmakers make the characters real for the audience and establish a sympathetic rapport...
...knowledgeable about your subject and should be familiar with what your particular department expects in a senior honors essay. However, it is even more important that your advisor is willing to spend hours helping you improve your thesis and is someone with whom you can establish a good rapport. Thus, asking a high-profile professor to advise you may be a terrible mistake. If your advisor does not have enough time to spend guiding your work, you will inevitably end up frustrated. Furthermore, enduring the criticism of an advisor with whom you do not get along well is likely...