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Disturbed that he was being asked to actively participate in a nondiplomatic action, the ambassador reluctantly made a decision.

He plays a leading role behind the scenes and his public questioning often cuts to the heart of the matter in down-to-earth, nondiplomatic language.

American nondiplomatic personnel working with charities and other nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan were also advised to leave.

Mr. Vajpayee today offered no description of the nondiplomatic options he was considering.

But the Iraqis have distinguished between diplomatic personnel and nondiplomatic personnel, suggesting that some diplomats will be able to leave.

Forthright means "straightforward, candid, without hesitation or guile," and in the nondiplomatic sense, "frank."

For nondiplomatic United States travelers, our legislation would prohibit so-called Israel-only passports.

Granted Room and Board The aid workers told her the Government would not allow nondiplomatic Westerners to live here, but she persisted.

The official said the Government had no objections to attempts by Mr. Flatow's lawyers to seize several nondiplomatic properties.

Two congressmen reported on Friday that two more Marines may have also broken rules barring private nondiplomatic contacts with Russians.

The French Association of Russian Bond Holders said it had asked Paris courts to seize nondiplomatic property that the Russian Government owns in France.

Baldrige handled parties and protocol for people who "really cared where they sat at table" - sometimes for nondiplomatic reasons, as she learned after seating one man next to his wife's lover.

The members of the commission shall be regarded as representatives of a nondiplomatic character and shall liquidate all transactions at the latest within six months after the expiry of this Treaty.

Mr. Bush said he was confident that Iraq would not retaliate militarily for the United States' decision to expel 36 of the 55 Iraqi diplomats and nondiplomatic staff members of the embassy in Washington.

In contrast to the nondiplomatic language thundering down from our guests, a sweet voice from Scottie announced to the stunned surgeons, "Dr. Harken, I have shut off the pump and clamped the tubing."

Because extradition proceedings can become so complicated and require lengthy negotiations, the United States has begun to resort to the legally murky tactic of seizing wanted suspects abroad through "nondiplomatic means," sometimes in possible violation of local laws.

To the Editor: You report (World Briefing, Dec. 22) that a French association seeking payment on czarist-era Russian bonds has asked Paris courts to seize nondiplomatic property that the Russian Government owns in France.

But he warned, despite Mr. Bush's recent assurances that he had no intention of invading North Korea, that the United States might have to consider "nondiplomatic" actions if the North moved much closer to building new weapons.

Of 87 ambassadors selected by Mr. Bush in the first nine and a half months of his Administration, 48 are friends or supporters - a higher portion of nondiplomatic appointments than had been made by Presidents Carter and Reagan at the same point.

Athough Iraq backed down on the diplomatic note, it was clear from Mr. Jasim's remarks to reporters that there had been no change on the fundamental issue involved, Iraq's decision to keep nondiplomatic Westerners as hostages and to use a few hundred of them as "human shields" at military bases and other key installations.