51.   It is especially galling to hear this from European diplomats.

52.   One European diplomat said that, after decades of dictatorship and unbroken rule by the all-powerful Colorado Party, Paraguay lacks dynamic civilian leaders.

53.   Palestinian officials said European diplomats were seeking to arrange an Israeli withdrawal from Bethlehem and Beit Jalla in exchange for a guarantee of no more sniper fire.

54.   One senior European diplomat here said Syria thinks the Jews run the media in the West and fear the same would happen here if too much freedom were permitted.

55.   One senior European diplomat, who deals frequently with both Palestinians and Israelis, believes he does not.

56.   Recent calls by European countries for Russia to allow the security organization to serve as mediators to resolve the conflict have been rebuffed, European diplomats said.

57.   Privately, European diplomats say that, personalities aside, they see little difference between Albright and her predecessor, Warren M. Christopher.

58.   Some European diplomats, however, questioned the feasibility of the plan.

59.   Some European diplomats said they had hoped that the battle over the African seat could have been avoided by diplomacy.

60.   Some senior European diplomats even worry that a re-elected president, with a bolder, more vocal secretary of state in Madeleine Albright, will overreach.