Even if his suave statesmanship were not so perfectly suited to high-level diplomacy, Mr. Bolton should still get the job.

The 143-acre camp is usually used for recreation but has sometimes been the scene of high-level diplomacy.

The flurry of high-level diplomacy over nuclear arms recalls the days of the cold war and reflects the new strains in Moscow's dealings with the West.

Perhaps inadvertently, it also highlighted an eerie, almost total lack of high-level international diplomacy in this crisis.

As one horrific act of violence follows another, the gap between high-level diplomacy and on-the-ground realities rarely has seemed wider.

Whether the secret intrigue and high-level diplomacy would move the crisis closer to a resolution remained highly doubtful, American and Pakistani officials said.

Rarely have art and high-level diplomacy been so indelibly intertwined.

The Bush administration needs to couple its tough talk on Darfur with some focused, high-level diplomacy.

Mr. Rabin urged the group last month to return to its traditional role, while leaving high-level diplomacy to the Israeli Embassy in Washington.

Well, that's the way high-level diplomacy is conducted.