. Swamp cyber-neighbor Justin Fox looks at rural America wonders who, exactly, is there left to ' liaise' to?. But on Tuesday, the police service gave no indication that it was in a mood to ' liaise'. While on the one hand rejecting SACTU initiatives for workers 'unity, the TUC on the other hand attempted to' liaise 'with the very same African workers it would not accept as constitutional equals. Nationalist legislation; secondly, SACTU already existed as a coordinating body for African workers and if the TUC seriously wanted to ' liaise' why had it rejected all of SACTU's offers for unity?. The Merriam-Webster Online states that ' liaise' is an example of a 'back-formation,' through which a new word is extracted from another, perfectly legitimate word on the assumption that it must exist, etymologically, although it does not. The planned summit trip, along with a visit to China by South Korea's nuclear envoy set for Thursday, indicates an improvement in ties, driven by the need to liaise on policy toward Pyongyang during the potentially volatile transition to new leadership in North Korea.