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...test pattern, and by the way, now that Michael Jordan has retired, how are the Chicago Bulls doing? Summers, currently the Deputy Secretary, is following a similarly tough act. Robert Rubin, perhaps the most popular Treasury Secretary in the postwar era, redefined that Cabinet post from discreet adviser and signatory of our currency to a sort of global emissary and projection of American geopolitical clout as it is expressed now--not in warheads or throw weights but in loan guarantees and bailout packages...
After 17 seasons, 312 victories, eight NCAA berths and one glorious national championship, with just a discreet fax to local media, the Ronn Tomassoni era in Harvard men's hockey is over...
...prostitutes at a legal brothel in southern Nevada, where I served as madam for five years, hooted at the absurdity of Monica's claim that "telling 10 people [of her affair with the President] was being pretty discreet" [NATION, March 15]. Girls who work in legal brothels entertain some pretty high-powered men whose names are instantly recognizable. The anonymity of the men who enter the brothel is sacrosanct. No professional brothel prostitute reveals the identity of any of her clients, regardless of their status or celebrity. A prostitute's commitment to total discretion is a prerequisite to her employment...
...holding what amounts to a months-long policy seminar and keeping his notes to himself. The result is a Washington guessing game: Whom is he talking to? Whom is he "listening to"? And whom for substance, whom for show? About those things, Bush is right to be discreet. Conservatives growl when they hear he's talking to anyone remotely moderate...
...hassle--requiring either a membership, special add-on applications or file transfers to your hard drive to see and send cards--Blue Mountain is refreshingly simple. If you know how to fill out a form, you can send a card. Also, the site's quirky graphics and discreet ads give it a homey feel...