Word: discreeter
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...Mormons claim 5,000 "saints" (members) in East Germany, but are discreet in their contacts with them. East Berlin Mormons have no church of their own but meet in a rented building...
...painter, Anthony Man. labored to defend the conservative nature of Gaitskell's buy. "Mind you," said Man, "it's not a nudey nude of the 'Oh, I'm shivering because it's cold' type. It's a side view, really a very discreet affair...
...Reformation churches-Roman Catholic, Greek and Russian Orthodox-but only the Greek Orthodox Church accepted. The death of Stalin gave the leaders of the World Council new hope, and they warmed the fraternal atmosphere with a delegation to Russia (TIME, Jan. 4, 1960) and a continuing campaign of discreet liaison...
...discreet silence has been the chief public response of big business to the ethical questions raised by such recent scandals as the electrical equipment conspiracy. Last week that silence was shattered by one of the biggest of the big: Henry Ford, 43, chairman of Ford Motor Co. and a director of one of the indicted electrical firms, General Electric. Speaking before the Minneapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce, Ford decried the tendency of business caught in dishonest acts to blame "a few bad apples" or to complain about persecution by the Government. Said he: "There is really only one thing...
...Harvard Athletic Association's ticket office has ever been an organization devoted to hiding its light under a bushel. Its activities are shrouded in discreet anonymity, and a sense of bureaucratic modesty prevents the office even from announcing how tickets are to be distributed for any coming athletic event. Seemly as all this secrecy is, it is also a little irritating to the undergraduates the agency serves. Many, for example, would appreciate knowing beforehand how many, college tickets are available for the next game or meet. And it would also be of interest to know how the number of alumni...