Perhaps more significant, diplomats consider the political climate in Bosnia too explosive to withstand a ruling that is bound to anger the loser.

Eastern European diplomats here consider this a test to see if a more formal conference is feasible, and they doubt it.

With six days to go, diplomats consider the race too close to call.

They voted instead to hold a referendum on the plan, but neither Mr. Milosevic nor foreign diplomats here considered that an acceptable alternative.

"American diplomats did not consider the matter part of the real policy agenda," they wrote.

A diplomat considers a day wasted if he isn't playing at least three games at once.

Western diplomats consider him a none-too-bright military man who echoes the criticisms of others but has little political imagination and few solutions of his own.

Boursicot knows Mongolia from his days in Beijing - diplomats consider it to be the most miserable spot on earth.

It seems to me that governments and national diplomats should carefully consider this text, and draw conclusions from it.

Some diplomats consider the limits demeaning, and feel they will inhibit informal contacts that often produce the best insights into the society.