41.   On Monday he pledged to pursue the diplomatic offensive on all fronts.

42.   Shutting down the bus service is part of the diplomatic offensive.

43.   South Korean officials also said Saturday that they will step up a diplomatic offensive to censure North Korea internationally.

44.   The Arabs continued their diplomatic offensive against Israel, persuading Qatar to announce Thursday it would shut down an Israeli trade mission in Doha.

45.   Taiwanese academics have urged Lee to ease off on diplomatic offensives as long as uncertainty hangs over the post-Deng leadership.

46.   The address was part of a diplomatic offensive designed to address doubts about the military campaign in Afghanistan.

47.   The diplomatic offensive brought criticism from many nations, which charged the Vatican was obstructing the work of the conference.

48.   The European diplomatic offensive came as Israeli experts heaped scorn on a daylong army incursion into Gaza launched in response to rocket fire.

49.   The lawsuit appeared to be an attempt at a diplomatic offensive by Jakarta to counter its tarnished image in dealing with the independence movement in East Timor.

50.   The gesture Friday was part of a diplomatic offensive Netanyahu launched here with the encouragement of President Clinton and with renewed assurances of American support in the risky venture.