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...Spanish government, but its political ideas were offensive to its commissioners, and so the film was banned in Spain soon after it was made. Simon of the Desert (1965) was made after his politics had grown mellower--though not quite to the gamesplaying stage of last year's Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie...
...shift became most visible after Peru's leftist military government on Jan. 1 seized the U.S.-owned Cerro de Pasco Corp. The U.S. Government's response to the takeover of the largest mining company in Peru was discreet silence. Instead, quiet negotiations over compensation are going on in Lima between U.S. and Peruvian government representatives...
...million women really need Playgirl or Viva to liberate their sexuality? For most people sex is a very private, discreet, personal experience. Not many of them would think of patterning their sex lives on the activities of the men and women in the two magazines. If women do need Viva and Playgirl, it is to bolster their sexual fantasies. Fantasy may heighten sex by making it more than a physical act. In that case, Playgirl and Viva are productive if they heighten a woman's enjoyment of her man's and her own sexual involvement. But most people's enjoyment...
...week's seemingly paradoxical superpower activity, mingling risky military gestures with discreet peacemaking efforts, was part of a delicate and sophisticated policy dance. Both the White House and the Kremlin were trying to influence Middle East events to avoid a wider war on the one hand, and on the other to prevent either of the combatants from being overpowered, which would only perpetuate the regional enmity and prevent any stable solution...
...them at home over a quiet dinner. Divorced from his wife, he has been seen in company with Catherine Deneuve and, most recently, Jacqueline Bisset. "It is apparent from his films that he considers women an important part of his life," says an acquaintance. "But he is so terribly discreet that one never knows who his current interest...