The sharpest rise was among Republicans: Sixty percent said race relations were getting worse.
He felt that the war between the sexes had escalated and that sexual relations were getting worse, not better.
The Palestinian leader, Yasir Arafat, is described by diplomats as furious that the Syrians, with whom he has poor relations, are getting so much attention.
"Yeah, relations are getting better," agreed Velicia Matthews, a co-owner of Your Tavern, a snug, friendly bar on South George Street favored by blacks.
Opponents cite several reasons that designating the Haqqani network a terrorist organization could further complicate relations between the United States and Pakistan, just as relations are getting back on track after months of grueling negotiations that finally reopened NATO supply routes through Pakistan.
It does not help that pipelines from either place, or from the Caspian, would have to cross Turkey, with whom Europe's relations are getting frostier and Russia's are getting warmer.The commission would like to reduce individual countries' vulnerability to supply interruptions by getting them to build more links between Europe's largely separate national gas grids.
Eventually, the combination of Russian and American encouragement persuade both countries to reach a settlement on Karabakh.The pessimists see Russia's temperamental change of tone after the failure of the Moldovan peace deal as a sign that East-West relations are getting bumpy again.
But a glance at the chart reveals that the matter is far more complex, and far more troubling: the widely different views on this issue between blacks and whites.For example, the chart indicates that the proportion of blacks who feel that relations are getting worse to those who think that they are improving is about 1 6, while the proportion among whites is about 3 4.
After 10 years of traditional fashion shows, and with the help of the public relations firm KCD Worldwide, Peter Som is getting ahead of the digital curve.
The hardest problem Vacation Relation will have to solve is getting enough people to sign up that people can actually find someone their own age who surfs and will be in Rio next week.
