Word: rapport
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...whites of their eyes," advised one, grinning, continuing the lookout. Despite the battlefield small-talk and virtual siege-mentality that permeated the Shoreham, N.Y., nuclear power plant, June 3 was a day for handcuffs made of clear plastic rather than sharp metal, for mostly friendly rapport between arresters and arrestees that one demonstrator called "surreal," for a day of protest that mixed earnestness and euphoria but, except for one incident of dubious origin, excluded confrontation...
Carter and Schmidt have a number of critical issues to discuss, ranging from energy and economics to defense and detente. Perhaps most of all, the two leaders need to improve their personal rapport. Says one Washington policymaker: "Let's face it. Our relations with West Germany have not gone as well as they
...home stacks of buff-colored dossiers to read until two or three in the morning. Even so, Schmidt is what Germans call a "Morgenmuffel," one who hates to get up in the morning. At the London economic summit in 1977, not suspecting that it might further damage their jersonal rapport, Carter invited him to a 7 a.m. breakfast; Schmidt was appalled...
...privately applauded Trudeau's efforts to control it. State Department officials expect no significant changes in U.S.-Canada relations as a result of Clark's victory. But they acknowledge that it will take some time for the new Prime Minister to achieve the warm personal rapport that Trudeau had with Jimmy Carter...
Establishing rapport with Tehran remains a problem...