Appointments are used to repay favours and nurture alliances.
But now any efforts to nurture alliances between city and suburbs, blacks and whites will be more difficult than ever.
She has embraced the globe-trotting aspects of the job, logging many hours on plane trips to nurture alliances with countries like Japan and Great Britain and to visit hot spots like Afghanistan and countries in the Middle East.
Chávez has nurtured alliances with leaders who are widely considered dictators or tyrants and called himself a Maoist.
Her autocratic persona and short temper became legendary in Brasília, a capital where back-room deals are customary when forging and nurturing alliances with an array of bickering parties.
The sharing of wild plant foods is infrequent in chimpanzees, but in chimpanzee communities that engage in hunting, meat is frequently used as a 'social tool' for nurturing alliances and social bonds.
Referring to the assertion by Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, that Britain must nurture its alliance with America, Mr. Freedland asked what more Britain was supposed to do.
Of course, the social schedule of the president and first lady is also a powerful political tool, a way to nurture political alliances and to cultivate political narratives.
MUSCAT, Oman — As Iran finds itself locked in an escalating cold war-style conflict with Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations, the quietly influential Sultanate of Oman has accelerated its cooperation with Tehran, nurturing an alliance that helps empower Iran while highlighting the deep divisions among Arab capitals.
"We used to nurture our alliances and stand up for our common values," he said.
Amazon Frontlines, a new nonprofit funded by DiCaprio's foundation, plans to launch Thursday with the aim of nurturing an alliance between tribes and trumpeting stories about their fights to stop timber and oil drilling in the South American rainforest.
