The aim: male bonding, getting to know friends and enemies in the industry and nurturing personal relationships.

On both these papers he nurtured relationships and built up a valuable network of contacts.

Nevertheless, they functioned largely as places to nurture business, social, and political relationships.

They nurtured relationships with customers, one at least bought nothing other than Harrington for its entire existence.

Beth Jacob is a community of Jews who come together to nurture relationships with God and each other.

His contemporaries created much of his success to an unmatched ability to inspire people and nurture relationships.

Nurture strong relationships with customers, stakeholders and each other.

He has nurtured relationships on Capitol Hill, and is personally close to President Bush.

Some hotels, she said, are not nurturing long-term relationships with faithful customers.

(The most successful companies had, on average, far fewer of each, but nurtured closer and longer-term relationships with them.)