1.   Unlike their predecessors they were at home in French, now establishing itself as the pre-eminent diplomatic language, and cultivated contacts with foreigners.

2.   According to The Sunday Times, Foot was a primary target of the Soviet effort to cultivate contacts with presumably sympathetic Britons.

3.   Envious aides note that Clinton, himself an old hand at cultivating contacts, appears to trust her judgment with little question.

4.   It does so through intermediaries, usually businessmen who have something to gain from appeasing the Mafia and cultivating political contacts.

5.   Miles said he had worked hard to cultivate contacts there.

6.   Nevertheless, by sponsoring high school and AAU teams and cultivating his contacts, Vaccaro came away with his share of talented prospects.

7.   The board was looking for someone who could cultivate contacts with international business leaders.

8.   The businessmen would get high-level background briefings beforehand, and the missions themselves were invaluable opportunities to cultivate contacts overseas, the organization said.

9.   The magazine cultivates contacts on the sets of the top television shows, hoping for smuggled-out scripts or firsthand accounts of actor spats.

10.   U.S. and Israeli officials have tried to isolate Arafat and cultivate contacts with his senior aides.