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considerate of others' concerns — often in a political context- cannot be arrested because he enjoys diplomatic immunity
- Despite his outrage, he managed a diplomatic reply.
- ...there's always an argument in international diplomatic circles that it's better to be involved than not to be involved, and there's at least a minimal element of validity to that, but the far greater risk consisted of giving this court any institutional validity at all...John R. Bolton -- American Justice and the International Criminal Court -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.19407,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
- At the top, of course, the United States is the only superpower with preeminence in every domain of power: economic, military, diplomatic, ideological, technological, and cultural.Samuel P. Huntington -- Global Perspectives on War and Peace -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.16661,filter.all/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
- Accordingly, the negotiation was protracted with true diplomatic skill.Irving, Washington -- Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains
- You are not fit for diplomatic work...Conrad, Joseph -- The Arrow of Gold
- Entered the diplomatic service on leaving college, and served as junior attache at Vienna.Oppenheim, E. Phillips -- The Yellow Crayon
- Prince Andrew stayed at Brunn with Bilibin, a Russian acquaintance of his in the diplomatic service.Tolstoy, Leo -- War and Peace
- These advisers were always drawn from the literary class, and their duties appear to have been chiefly administrative and diplomatic.Cranmer-Byng, L. -- A Lute of Jade
- I'll send a few volumes with the next diplomatic party."Megan Whalen Turner -- The Thief
- Besides, when you get to Camp Half-Blood, you'll need somebody with connections and diplomatic skills to keep the Greeks from attacking you.Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
- "He ought to be glad to get you,' said the secretary diplomatically.W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
- He tried again and again to enter the diplomatic service, but failed.Virginia Woolf -- A Sketch of the Past
- Then trumpets and drums, a diplomatic flourish.Tim O'Brien -- Going After Cacciato
- "So diplomatic," he said.Kiera Cass -- The Heir
- You tried the diplomatic approach.Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters
- Consuls are not strictly diplomatic, but they are the public agents of their nations.Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, & John Jay -- The Federalist Papers — Modern English Edition 2
- If there were any skills he needed now, they were diplomatic ones.Ted Dekker -- Black: The Birth of Evil
- Trying to visualize a diplomatic resolution?Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
- On the other hand, 1 would feel personally disgraced by diplomatic cooperation, even on a one-time ad hoc basis, between my own country and Austria.Thomas Mann -- The Magic Mountain
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