Word: discreetly
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Hills was saved by love, and by copping out. The love part is perfectly straightforward: he found either a new wife or (his references are discreet to a fault) a new dog. The copping out is a little harder to understand, because what Hills did, as far as the reader can figure it out, was to become a full-time freelance writer. This, in an era of declining markets, is very similar to becoming a professional buffalo hunter, and it is definitely not the road to mental health...
...Discreet Lobbying. This structure is the invention of one man-Frank Lloyd. The style, in its secrecy, luxuriousness and finely tooled indifference, is a corporate version of his own, writ large. At 61, Lloyd is tanned by the Caribbean and tailored like a German banker, a diminutive block of energy, velvety charm and wolfish flair for business. He is also a showman, and every detail of Marlborough's presentation comes under his supervision. Nothing gets left to chance or whim. Thus when selling a Modigliani or a Picasso in Japan, Lloyd reveals it to the client in a lined...
There are other reasons for secrecy. "Some of the men enjoy the teenage bit of living together again and not being married," Mr. Boeke says. "They like having their own secret." In California, Regina Shermerhorn and William Hanson are somewhat discreet about their relationship. "People may say they are free and easy, but they don't really feel free," Shermerhorn explains. She admits to some guilt over her status. "It took me quite a bit of adjusting in the beginning, but you have to get over your hang...
Instead of destroying Hunt Hall, the University should reconsider the demolition of Memorial Hall. While the little, rotund building is a discreet and moderately useful structure, the great brick pile nearby is an offensively obvious one with only occasional utility. Memorial Hall's solitary merit, beyond the fact that it is there, is the negative virtue of its extraordinary, consummate ugliness...
...Alas? Not exactly, for wisdom comes from loss. Pretty women, as everyone knows, are given special treatment. But beauty is a costly possession, and women pay for it by pretending that the skin is the self, and carrying on a discreet, lifelong flirtation with the world that encourages in them longer than usual the human delusion that the face you put on is really...