Word: discreeter
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...delegation faced an unusual diplomatic situation: how to deal with the Chinese when there are no diplomatic relations between Washington and Peking. "We shall be proper, polite, courteous," said U.S. Ambassador George Bush. "We will be discreet, fair and available." Both sides, in fact, tacitly look upon the U.N. delegation as China's unofficial embassy to the U.S. As one qualifiedly friendly gesture, the U.S. applied to the Chinese the same travel regulations that govern the movements of the Soviets. Delegates from other Communist countries that have no diplomatic relations with Washington, such as Cuba, Albania and Mongolia, must...
...bluff, freewheeling manner that serves Connally so well in domestic matters has a jolting effect in international affairs. Foreign ministers and bankers, accustomed to a discreet, subtle dialogue, were outraged by Connally's unyielding tone and unvarnished demands that foreign nations revalue their currencies, lower their trade barriers and increase their defense contributions. Though he has softened his approach lately, it is at least questionable whether he will ever become attuned to the quiet nuances of international bargaining. Yet a miscalculation in this area could at worst lead to a ruinous world trade war and politically dangerous disruption of traditional...
...understand such a life? Pound has been little help to his often obtuse biographers. The best hope has been that friends and family would talk, a hope partly realized in this discreet but perceptive memoir by his illegitimate daughter, who is a poet in her own right and who has translated The Cantos into Italian. Though she makes no more sense than anyone else of that vast and buzzing head, she found in the little happenings of family life a language that helps explain his crusty heart. Looking up from knee height, she saw an Ezra Pound nobody else...
...kept blindfolded, and participants can wear stocking masks & disguise their voices. Grabbing our angel would involve 2 or 3 mos. discreet work. I would imagine that he would have devices in his car to call for police assistance at the slightest danger. The thing to do is find out where he goes for weekends, or where he shacks up-if he shacks...
...first packet of documents released after the Media, Pa., raid included a memo from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover which urged "immediate" and "discreet" investigations of black student groups, terming them "a definite threat to the nation's stability and security...