Each side, at least in public, talks only in the most diplomatic terms about the other.

He rarely even refers to Williams by name, discussing him only in vague and diplomatic terms.

She pulled at one finger, carefully framing her reply in the most diplomatic terms possible.

He described the visit as "frank but useful," which in diplomatic terms usually suggests limited progress.

There, she'd said it, but in far less diplomatic terms than she'd wanted.

But in military and diplomatic terms, Mr. Clinton's decision is much less simple.

Specialized being his diplomatic term for probably a century or two beyond anything you have.

In strictly diplomatic terms, that might seem to make sense.

In diplomatic terms only part of the agreement can be considered a proper treaty.

But in military and diplomatic terms, standing up to Iraq may not prove to be so simple.