The diplomats have used the ship's computer for extensive games-theory plays to examine all possible outcomes.

The two-letter code Japanese diplomats were using in 1919 consisted of two English-letter groups.

A young diplomat from another embassy joined the group, introduced himself in flawless Japanese and skillfully used the appropriate formulas for showing respect.

But diplomats have often used immunity to avoid responsibility for criminal acts as serious as manslaughter or as routine as parking tickets.

The ginger-and-white kitten is now fed with a pipette, by diplomats and American reporters using the information agency's offices.

French diplomats wrote an alternative draft resolution to the American and British proposal but used it only as talking points to rebut American ideas.

'Hostage'," Mr. Kiku said primly, "is a word that no diplomat should ever use.

39But when diplomats use euphemistic phrases like "accepting the idea of serious restraint," what they're really saying is that they haven't accomplished anything.

At the United Nations, diplomats and their assistants increasingly use a tool borrowed from the world of multilateral diplomacy: the nonpaper.

Purists, most language mavens and British diplomats use momentarily to mean "for a moment."