many of us in public relations were flattered that Richard L. Tobin chose to devote his editorial in the March 11 Communications Supplement to the merger of the Public Relations Society of America and the American Public Relations Association.

Relations with the Royal Family were also strained.

Senator John Kerry's 1988 Committee on Foreign Relations report on Contra drug links concluded that " senior U. S. policy makers were not immune to the idea that drug money was a perfect solution to the Contras ' funding problems.

Relations between the United Kingdom and Ecuador were traditionally regarded as " low-key but cordial ", especially before the election of Rafael Correa ; the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visited the country in 2009, as part of a tour celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.

Relations between Ethiopia and Sudan were very good following the end of the Ethiopian Civil War, due to the support that the Sudanese government had given to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

Relations between Fiji and Papua New Guinea became strained in November 2005, in the wake of revelations that a number of Fijian citizens, possibly mercenaries, had entered Papua New Guinea illegally and were involved in arming and training a separatist militia on the island of Bougainville.

Relations with Soviet Russia from 1918 to 1939 were icy ; voluntary expeditions to Russia called heimosodat ended only in 1920.

Relations also were improved by Hoyte's efforts to respect human rights, invite international observers for the 1992 elections, and reform electoral laws.

Relations between the Imperial centre and the Empire's components were somewhat fluid, and were developed on an ongoing basis.

Relations were particularly close with Ubico, who helped Carías reorganize his secret police and also captured and shot the leader of a Honduran uprising who had made the mistake of crossing into Guatemalan territory.

Relations with Nicaragua were somewhat more strained as a result of the continuing border dispute, but Carías and Somoza managed to keep this dispute under control throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

Relations between Albania and Yugoslavia declined, however, when the Albanians began complaining that the Yugoslavs were paying too little for Albanian raw materials and exploiting Albania through the joint stock companies.

Relations with the West, especially Sweden and Britain, were strong but tensions remained with the Soviet Union.

Relations between the involuntary Irish immigrants and the local English population were strained.

Relations between Pakistan and Kenya were established in the 60's, when Pakistan expressed its support for Kenya in getting independence from British rule.

Relations between the two countries were established on 20 December 1991 shortly after Kyrgyzstan became independent from the Soviet Union.

Relations between eastern Christians and the Latin crusaders were " complex and ambiguous ", not simply friendly or hostile.

Relations between colonists and natives were contentious from the founding of Liberia, and eventually led to the overthrow of the Americo-Liberian regime in 1980.

Relations between the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) and Liberia have been broken and reestablished several times since February 17, 1977, when diplomatic relations between the PRC and Liberia were first formed.

Relations between women who lived in harems, and fears of women being sexually intimate in Turkish baths were expressed in writings by men.

The ICJ held that the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 24 April 1963 ( Vienna Convention ) granted rights to individuals on the basis of its plain meaning, and that domestic laws could not limit the rights of the accused under the convention, but only specify the means by which those rights were to be exercised.

Relations between Pakistan and Mauritius were first established in 2006.

Relations between them deteriorated during Sarkozy's 2007 presidential run in which Lévy backed the Socialist candidate and also described Sarkozy as " A man with a warrior vision of politics ".

Relations of early forms of Germanisation was described by German monks in manuscripts like Chronicon Slavorum.

These regulations implement the provisions of the Arms Export Control Act ( AECA ), and are described in Title 22 ( Foreign Relations ), Chapter I ( Department of State ), Subchapter M of the Code of Federal Regulations.

The history of the discipline of International Studies is strongly linked with the history of the study of International Relations, as described in the International Relations entry.

Kevin J. Flynn's book The Silent Brotherhood described The Spotlight as regularly featuring " articles on such topics as Bible analysis, taxes and fighting the IRS, bankers and how they bleed the middle class, and how the nation is manipulated by the dreaded Trilateral Commission and Council on Foreign Relations ", adding " the paper attracted a huge diversity of readers ".

At the same time British historian Herbert Butterfield described the same situation in his History and Human Relations, but referred to it as the " absolute predicament and irreducible dilemma.

Relations between the white hunters and native trackers are described, as well as Hemingway's jealousy of the other hunters.

The Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service was created under the terms of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 ( better known as the Taft – Hartley Act ) to replace the United States Conciliation Service operating within the Department of Labor, a body that had been described as partial to labor by an industry spokesman.

On January 8, 2001, Abramoff left Preston Gates to join the Government Relations division of the Washington, D. C. law firm Greenberg Traurig, which once described him as " directly involved in the Republican party and conservative movement leadership structures " and " one of the leading fund raisers for the party and its congressional candidates ".

There have been some differences among western analysts as to the role played by ideology in Al Wefaq ’ s agenda: according to Dr Toby Jones of Swarthmore College, “ Al Wefaq does not espouse a specific ideological vision ”; while Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations has described Al Wefaq ’ s policies towards women as “ outrageous ”

A report by the World Policy Institute presented to the U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, described Carlos Hank as the " primary intermediary between the multinational drug trafficking enterprises and the Mexican political system ".

Colonel Jones described Military Intelligence as a " society of Friends and Relations " and that few of the officers were experienced in security work.

In March 2008 Federal Industrial Relations Minister Julia Gillard revealed that the previous government had spent $ 121 million on what she described as WorkChoices propaganda including promotional material such as 98, 000 mousepads, 77, 000 pens and 100, 000 plastic folders.

Relations between the United States and Gabon are excellent.

Relations with Hungary are excellent.

Kukan graduated from The Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 1964, where he has also gained an excellent command of the Swahili language.

Relations between Sultan Ibrahim and Campbell were excellent within Campbell's first year as an adviser, and Sultan Ibrahim gave him support to improve the state administrative system.

Relations between the FTW and the company were fairly positive through the late 1940's and 1950's, aided by excellent business conditions and massive growth.

The Middle-South Region, as defined by the National Association of Intergroup Relations Officials ( NAIRO ), consists of the states of Kentucky, Maryland, Tennessee, West Virginia, Delaware, Virginia and the District of Columbia.

Relations between the two countries have not always been cordial due to the former French government's policy of supporting militant separatists in Angola's Cabinda province and the international Angolagate scandal embarrassed both governments by exposing corruption and illicit arms deals.

In Brazil, the Ministry of Foreign Relations continues to dominate trade policy, causing the country's commercial interests to be ( at times ) subsumed by a larger foreign policy goal, namely, enhancing Brazil's influence in Latin America and the world.

In 1893 the same printer brought several more drawings for Weatherly ’ s Our Dear Relations, another book of rhymes, and the following year Potter successfully sold a series of frog illustrations and verses for Changing Pictures, a popular annual offered by the art publisher Ernest Nister.

The Inter-Imperial Relations Committee, chaired by Balfour, drew up the document preparatory to its unanimous approval by the imperial premiers on November 15, 1926.

Eisenhower's stint as president of Columbia University was punctuated by his activity within the Council on Foreign Relations, a study group he led as president concerning the political and military implications of the Marshall Plan, and The American Assembly, Eisenhower's " vision of a great cultural center where business, professional and governmental leaders could meet from time to time to discuss and reach conclusions concerning problems of a social and political nature ".

Currently, diplomatic relations, including diplomatic immunity, are governed internationally by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, which has been ratified by almost every country in the world.

A consulate is similar to ( but not the same as ) a diplomatic office, but with focus on dealing with individual persons and businesses, as defined by the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

Rather, the premises of diplomatic missions remain under the jurisdiction of the host state while being afforded special privileges ( such as immunity from most local laws ) by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.

Relations with China improved, as evidenced by Chinese aid to Albania being 4. 2 % in 1955 before the visit, and rising to 21. 6 % in 1957.

* Finland's Relations with the Soviet Union, 1940 – 1986 by Peter Botticelli

Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil / military issues.

On 31 October 2007 the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate, by a vote of 17 to 4, recommended ratification, and President George W. Bush publicly supported U. S. accession to the Convention ; no date has yet been set for action by the full Senate.

* 1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The book Coleridge was reading before he fell asleep was Purchas, his Pilgrimage, or Relations of the World and Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discovered, from the Creation to the Present, by the English clergyman and geographer Samuel Purchas, first written in 1613.

Foreign relations of Lesotho are administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Relations.

* Background information on the Tamil Tigers by Council on Foreign Relations

* 1951 – The United States Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U. S. President Harry Truman.