But all agreed that the authority depended on various kinds of political, personal and economic diplomacy to work.

I've tried to patch things up with some personal diplomacy, but it hasn't worked.

No amount of personal diplomacy or bad acting would likely change that.

"Chemistry played a big role in it, because Bush is very high on personal diplomacy."

My Government does not approve of, how do you say, personal diplomacy?

"People tend to lose sight that even at the presidential level, there is a dynamic of personal diplomacy," he said.

Along the way, President Bush has had to face the limits of personal diplomacy.

But there are limits on personal diplomacy, even in an era of good feelings.

He followed it up by further personal diplomacy, this time with Russia.

Asked at the start, I might well have answered "personal diplomacy" instead of "vacation."