11.   But the United States sought to reduce their support through quiet diplomacy.

12.   But while Russian officials defended their quiet diplomacy, Moscow seems to have no success in persuading India to curtail its nuclear program.

13.   But, according to German officials, that is when quiet diplomacy got under way.

14.   Diplomacy is a traditional phrase-combining form, from dollar diplomacy to gunboat diplomacy to quiet diplomacy.

15.   For months, it pursued quiet diplomacy, sending emissaries to plead for an end to repression.

16.   He held out hope that quiet diplomacy could lead to talks about the status of Tibet.

17.   His strongest suit was quiet diplomacy, which by definition does not gain public acclaim or recognition for its practitioners.

18.   His quiet diplomacy has helped broker new relations with Congress, which had been critical of the world body for what it saws as its wasteful and inefficient ways.

19.   In this case, however, quiet diplomacy did not work.

20.   Jordan also conducts quiet diplomacy between industry and the Clinton administration.