1.   But then Sunderland came up with a new offer and Liverpool launched a fresh diplomatic offensive.

2.   A diplomatic offensive by Cuba has paid off with votes in favor of United Nations resolutions condemning the U.S. embargo.

3.   A new diplomatic offensive would not be rewarding the terrorists.

4.   China has launched a diplomatic offensive to prevent sales of advanced weapons systems to its political rival.

5.   In another step in its new diplomatic offensive against Kurdish nationalism, Turkey has moved to improve its relations with Iraq.

6.   India and Pakistan have amassed a million soldiers along their border in recent months, triggering a U.S.-led diplomatic offensive to avert a full-scale war.

7.   Pope John Paul II sent Bush a personal message on the Mideast crisis as the Vatican stepped up a diplomatic offensive seeking to halt the escalating conflict.

8.   The cynical view is that this diplomatic offensive merely seeks to collect as much aid as possible while diversifying the sources.

9.   The cynical view of this diplomatic offensive is that it merely seeks to collect as much international aid as possible for Pyongyang, while diversifying the sources.

10.   The meeting was part of an American diplomatic offensive to prevent a fourth war between the countries.