Word: rapport
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...effective witnesses, children need gentle, careful preparation. Seattle prosecutors develop rapport by working with youngsters in a room filled with toys and coloring books. Recalls Social Worker Lucy Berliner: "Once during an interview there, the prosecutor and I lay on the floor playing Candy Land with a little girl as she told us about being molested." Also important is a visit to the courtroom so the child can sit in the witness chair and become familiar with the surroundings...
...dream, however, is no fantasy. Observes Soprano Renata Scotto, who frequently works with Levine at the Met: "The rapport he establishes is so wonderful, it is really a joy to make music with him." When Bernstein heard Levine lead his first Parsifal at the Met, in 1979, he broke into tears. "It was the best Parsifal I ever heard," he recalls...
...strangely enough, by the end of a given chapter on a leader, the numerous anecdotes weigh heavily. The purpose of Nixon's personal stories, it seems time after time, is not so much to illuminate these often mysterious characters, but to impress us with his past intimacy and rapport with such illustrious leaders...
...Yuqui Indians. He is about to join a "contact team" that hopes to find three elusive Yuqui groups deep in the jungle. Such teams are often attacked by the tribesmen they are trying to reach. But for all the dangers of their task, the Fosters have developed a close rapport with Indians at the station. Says Vickie Foster: "They get so close to us, they become like family...
...They realize that they have a friend with us and not just someone who sits behind a desk. Even the parents know they can come to use with any type of problem. We have gained a rapport with them that is very important...I was just on vacation and I had one student call me up when I got back and ask,' Dottle, how could you leave...