1.   Albright and Cohen are both best known in the defense and diplomatic circles of Europe.

2.   Evangeline Bruce is a name revered in diplomatic circles and in the highest echelons of Washington society.

3.   In diplomatic circles, barring access to US ports is the equivalent of cocking a fist or pulling a gun.

4.   In diplomatic circles, this is known as Marcel Marceau statesmanship.

5.   In Zagreb and in other capitals Friday, there was much discussion in diplomatic circles of how a peace agreement would be enforced.

6.   Now, there is the growing belief in diplomatic circles that the Cyprus question must be resolved before tensions escalate further.

7.   Pointed criticism of a major ally is rare in diplomatic circles, and the effort to single out Japan as an obstacle comes at an especially sensitive time.

8.   She and her husband, Michael Beschloss, the American historian, have two young sons and are prominent in Washington and diplomatic social circles.

9.   The move has sparked a quiet but heated war of words in the air-conditioned cool of Western diplomatic circles here.

10.   There was an ugly fight in the press and in diplomatic circles over this vulgar accessory.