Word: rapport
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...excerpts from An American Life, his forthcoming autobiography, the man who once called the U.S.S.R. an "evil empire" shows himself to be a stubborn dreamer out to rid the world of nuclear arms. He tells how he and Gorbachev, through five meetings and a prolific correspondence, built a rapport that helped end the cold war. -- Why he decided to run for President. -- The day he dodged death by less than an inch...
...Soto, Mitchell handles his role with remarkable finesse. The role is a difficult one--De Soto is both trusted advisor and all of observer. Mitchell's use of telling intonation and facial expressions results in a performance that is brilliantly frank. Mitchell's rapport with the audience is enhanced by the fact that his character often mirrors what the audience is feeling--near the end of the first act, De Soto falls asleep during one of Pizarro's characteristically lengthy soliloquies...
...despite the many administrative tangles Vest will face, MIT faculty say they are confident he will make undergraduate education a priority. At Michigan, Vest was known for his rapport with students, and is said to have eaten in undergraduate dining halls on a fairly regular basis...
...lack of a deeper rapport should be no surprise. For one thing, there has been little time to develop any. Counting Gorbachev's trip to New York City in December 1988, when he addressed the United Nations General Assembly and visited briefly with Reagan and the then President-elect, he and Bush have seen each other only three times in the past year and a half, and until last week they had been alone only for about an hour. They have not even heard each other's voices very often. Though Bush incessantly telephones other foreign leaders, he has called...
Shin also says he largely conducts his academic affairs through the department. He has teaching fellows in his class describe diagrams or images, and maintains a close rapport with his teachers...