41.   Thus, his parents saw him as a career diplomat, even though Hodgkin was certain, from boyhood, that he would be a painter.

42.   WASHINGTON MEXICO-ENVOY - WASHINGTON - President Clinton nominates Jeffrey Davidow, a career diplomat, for the long-vacant position of ambassador to Mexico.

43.   When the prince courted Princess Masako, she was a career diplomat who spoke French, Spanish and English.

44.   President Bush selected career diplomat Wendy J. Chamberlain on Tuesday to be ambassador to Pakistan.

45.   President Clinton announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate career diplomat Thomas W. Simmons Jr. as ambassador to Pakistan.

46.   Abdul-Amir Anbari, a career diplomat based in Paris, is scheduled to arrive in New York on Monday, a day before talks begin.

47.   About two-thirds of U.S. ambassadors are career diplomats, a fairly steady rate for decades.

48.   Accompanying Ambassador Barbara Bodein, a career diplomat, were her top aide, a political officer and a defense attache.

49.   AFSA, the union that represents the career diplomats, complains that more and more jobs are going to career civil servants at the expense of the Foreign Service.

50.   Accompanying Ambassador Barbara Bodine, a career diplomat, were her top aide, a political officer and a defense attache.