Word: discreeter
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...planeloads of reporters. Carter seemed to be running for office all over again and, as always, was a politically-minded dresser. The blue cashmere suit he wore was made from a bolt of cloth that Callaghan had given Carter when the P.M. visited Washington in March. The discreet gray pinstripes are formed by the repetition of Carter's -and Callaghan's-initials (see sample at right). Carter no sooner arrived at Woolsington Airport near Newcastle on this cool and sometimes cloudy day than he plunged into a crowd to shake hands, heft babies and pat schoolchildren on their...
...place. He will have a double either check in at a New York hospital, to create the impression that he is sick, or relax outside the Dellacroce vacation home on Key Largo, thus setting off rumors that he has retired. The real Dellacroce, meanwhile, is running things from his discreet haunts in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn...
...Tony Boyle, Jock Yablonski, and Arnold Miller, and always the 13-month strike that didn't end until miner Lawrence Jones was murdered by scabs. The music is first-rate--all old union songs, some by local hero David Morris of Ivydale, West Virginia, Kopple's camera is discreet; there is no voice-over narration, and the people of Harlan tell their own sad story. They win the battle of Harlan, forcing Duke Power to negotiate, and this film leaves you with the idea they'll win the battles ahead too. Very highly recommended...
...Commission to oppose the application. If overruled, the new body would be empowered to appeal to the courts. Says New York Congressman Benjamin Rosenthal, a co-sponsor in the House: "We see it as an advocacy agency, a small group of interventionist lawyers who are going to be very discreet in picking and choosing their cases...
...Funny Can Sex Be? Well? At the Central Cinema One, Daily at 7:15. With The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie...