The things he did were to hold the ring so that governments and diplomats could negotiate and manoeuvre and make it look as if civilisation still mattered.

Sultan Sidi Muhammad Ibn Abdullah actively sought to have an American diplomat negotiate a formal treaty.

The diplomats, impressed and grateful, negotiate under a weapons deal by Luthor.

Any competent diplomat could have negotiated a settlement for Kadura's freedom.

In 1635, during the Thirty Years' War, diplomats here negotiated the Peace of Prague.

There she remained at anchor while British diplomats and Turkish officials negotiated over the fate of the passengers.

The War had ended slavery; and in the last few years the diplomats of the Ekumen had negotiated an end to Werel's economic power over its former colony- planet.

Politicians and diplomats can negotiate, but we cannot negotiate with science; we cannot negotiate with physics.

The four Soviet diplomats did not negotiate, but promised to pass on the proposal to their superiors, said Abdul Rahim, one of the Afghan representatives.

While diplomats were negotiating in Washington in December 1941, Japanese aircraft carriers were steaming toward their target.