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...conference was to be what Germans call a "meeting of four eyes." It lasted in total secrecy, for more than an hour. Towards the end the 85-year-old President rang for his State Secretary, discreet Dr. Otto Meissner, who added fuel to the flames of curiosity by uttering the words, "Extraordinary cordiality...
Chummy, as members of the Royal family insist upon calling Chef Gabriel Tschumi, is Swiss. When his father, a professor, was killed in an accident, Chummy became apprenticed to the Royal kitchens, has been there 34 years. Discreet, he would say no more last week than "I want to resign...
...dinner, alone, at the Restaurant Atelier, and sat for a long time over a plate of wild strawberries, a superlative Punch cigar, and mild Austrian brandy. I was alone, but at least three charming feminine creatures occupied the continuous lounge across the narrow room, and I watched them with discreet enjoyment and satisfaction. I was, it seemed, at last actually growing...
Between glad-handing friends, being photographed, holding confabs, Al Smith found time to play golf every day. His efforts to keep the nomination away from Roosevelt were subtle, discreet. Except for the Hague broadside, Smith headquarters seemed to be only pro-Smith, anti-nobody...
First setback to the Squires career was a royal commission appointed to investi gate the young Premier's acts in 1923 ? with the discreet result that he was permitted to retire from politics to his nourishing legal practice. In 1928 he came back, has been Premier ever since...