Word: rapport
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...dangerous mission rapidly gave way to a more human drama. Everywhere the U.S. troops turned, they found themselves hemmed in by Somalis eager to touch American flesh, gesture their relief, smile their thanks. People skills seemed more important than military ones as the need to establish a friendly rapport battled with the demand to maintain order. In those first hours, it was hard not to be swept up in the euphoria. Declared Fatima Mohammed, 32, a mother of seven: "I'd like the U.S. troops to stay here for life...
Still, he made enough of a reputation for himself that in 1991 he was wooed by both the Bob Kerrey and Clinton campaigns. Stephanopoulos recalls the instant rapport that he felt during his first meeting with Clinton pollster Stan Greenberg. "Midway through the interview," says Stephanopoulos, "I started working...
Peter Shapiro '74 recalled that Marquand "spent the time to be with you as an individual. There was one guy in the midst of the institution who took the time to really establish a rapport...
Baker, on the other hand, has been conducting shuttle diplomacy for the last 18 months and has a familiar rapport with the leaders in the region. The big question is whether Baker would cross party lines and accept an offer of a short-term position as a special emissary...
Roosevelt possessed a similar rapport with the American public, said Goodwin. His manner benefitted him politically, but also reflected a general reluctance to disappoint anyone, said Goodwin, who is currently working on a biography of the former president...