Word: discreet
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
...Convicted Wiretapper James W. McCord Jr. contends that unnamed high officials urged that the defendants in the Watergate wiretapping case claim that the operation was directed and authorized by the Central Intelligence Agency. Attorneys handling the case felt that top CIA officials would maintain "a discreet silence" and would go along with this defense...
...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...
CENTRAL II The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie 6, 9:30 Walkabout 7:50, weekend...