Word: discreetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Banks are discreet in dealing with their superwealthy clientele, or "high-net-worth individuals," as Manufacturers Hanover euphemistically calls them. At Bank of America's Beverly Hills office, the private-banking lounge is tucked behind a door marked only by the number 403. A security guard shoos away the curious. Inside, the office is decorated with a Persian carpet, wing chairs and violet orchids. Says Richard Saalfeld, head of private banking: "We try for an interior look that's a blend between a private residence and a law office...
...Annunciation: Sarah is a blissed-out Virgin Mary, John is her divine son, and Reese the messenger angel sent to impregnate Sarah with the holy word. But there is plenty of tech-noir savvy to keep infidels and action fans satisfied. The violence is copious, clean and discreet. Director James Cameron (who wrote the script with Producer Gale Anne Kurd) has a superefficient editing style that uses slow motion, pixilation and infra-red opticals to make this the smartest looking L.A. nighttown movie since The Driver...
Moral criticism of adultery having become unfashionable, we must make do with the inconvenience of the thing as the last barrier against total sexual anarchy. If the experience of Frank Raftis (Robert De Niro) and Molly Gilmore (Meryl Streep) is typical, the difficulty of arranging a discreet tryst remains a powerful weapon on the side of the angels. Indeed, Falling in Love shows an extramarital affair to be the neutron bomb of interpersonal relations, capable of wiping out all intelligent life, leaving only the bare generic conventions of romantic fiction standing stark against...
Sure, this movie is silly. Yes, it lacks most of the cinemotographic or humanistic profoundity of Rules of the Game or The Discreet Charms of the Boutgoisie. But as Stanley Cavell will tell you, the true romantic comedy, a roadmap of one couple's pursuit of happiness in this insane world, is in essence an artistic iceberg; nine-tenths out of sight. Movies like American Dreamer will not accrue Star Wars-sized lucre, but enough Americans have good enough taste to give them a shot at profitability. The difficulty is that quality acting, writing, and directing must be invested...
...Lauderdale, with poolside bar and five bathrooms with French bidets. Other bidders may prefer a six-bedroom oceanfront estate in Vero Beach, with orchid ballroom, hand-painted wood floors and swimming pool; the cunning security system permits leisurely monitored strolls across the seven-acre compound. The GSA, which placed discreet ads in major newspapers in the U.S. and abroad, has received inquiries from as far away as Europe and China. Says GSA Officer Howard DeVane: "They all know a good deal when they...