This may reflect the socioeconomic circumstances of the regions involved, but it is possible that GPs selected people who they felt would be better interviewees, because of their education, or availability, or people with whom they had built closer relations during the decedent's last illness.
The United Arab Emirates, which Washington considers one of its closest Arab allies, co-invested together with Mr. Dmitriev's fund as part of an effort to build close relations to Russia as well.
Paul Wolfowitz, then the Deputy Secretary of Defense, was receiving the Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson award from the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, a conservative-leaning group that tries to build close relations between the American and Israeli militaries.
The Foreign Office was instead underlining its determination to build close relations with Trump, a stance that has been unsettled by Trump choosing to meet the Ukip interim leader Nigel Farage on Saturday, making him the first UK politician to have a direct conversation with Trump since Tuesday's election.
Stolar, who had arranged a six-month PlayStation exclusivity deal for Mortal Kombat 3 and helped build close relations with Electronic Arts while at Sony, was perceived as a major asset by Sega officials.
There were rumblings on the right about a primary challenge to McConnell, but he has worked to build close relations with his Kentucky colleague, Sen. Rand Paul, an ally of the Tea Party, which defeated McConnell's handpicked candidate to replace the retiring Sen. Jim Bunning in 2010.
There is no Le Pen here," but he said the government's recent moves to build closer relations with Iran were disturbing.
Both Mr. Levitt and Mr. Weisbrod said they would work to build closer relations with communities to reduce the conflicts and polarization that sometimes occur between community interests and developers.
BRUSSELS -- Visiting Brussels ahead of Moscow on his first foreign trip, Ukraine's new president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, promised Monday to build closer relations with the European Union and to overhaul his country's gas sector.
Yanukovich Visits Brussels BRUSSELS — Visiting Brussels ahead of Moscow on his first foreign trip, Ukraine's new president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, promised Monday to build closer relations with the European Union and to overhaul his country's gas sector.
