Word: discreeter
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...Author Myers' women are somewhat featureless, his male characters agreeably vital-in particular, one Tom the Crowder, a malefactor with more entertainment value than Ulysses' sirens, and much less conscience. Author Myers' period painting is unobtrusive, his humor humorous. Occasional references to carnal pursuits give a discreet impression of Elizabethan lust...
Both the N.C.W.C. and the Liturgical Arts Society, Inc., which ran the competition, preserved a discreet silence. But indirectly they hinted that 1) the finalists will probably revise their models before submitting them again in the fall, 2) critics would do well to suspend judgment until then, 3) the subject of the statue-"Christ, the Light of the World"-is far from easy to portray in bronze...
Bitter Tea. Under General Stilwell, the U.S. airman commanding these squadrons is Brigadier General Claire L. Chennault, who founded, trained and led the A.V.G. until the Army displaced it (TIME, July 13). Outspoken but discreet, General Chennault last week made no secret of his regret that he had been unable to keep the A.V.G. intact. Only six of his superbly schooled, battle-proved pilots had followed him into Army squadrons. Most of the A.V.G.'s equally skilled and valuable ground staff (including several R.A.F. orphans who were technically ineligible for U.S. service) had also dispersed. They were angry...
Klieg lights played on the pink marble head of Lenin, brooding in the great hall of the Kremlin; on the thousand heads in mid-Asian skullcaps, scarves and army caps; on the calm, mute face of Stalin; on the discreet face of Sir Archibald John Kerr Clark Kerr, Britain's Ambassador to the U.S.S.R.; and on Molotov, crying to the members of the Supreme Soviet...
...about the turn of the century. Even his conception was an accident. "One knew there was some sort of knowledge about [contraception], but one couldn't be too careful whom one asked, and your doctor also in those days couldn't be too careful in misunderstanding your discreet hints and soundings." When Teddy was four, his father died of indecision (you can't be too careful) among a convergence of busses. In his extreme youth Teddy enjoyed sticking out his tongue at caged lions. But he shunned even squirrels (you never know what germs they may carry...