The Greeks and Roman orgies are discussed along with the more common, discreet exchange of marital partners. |
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Park benches, small statues, decorative flower beds and ornate lamp-posts dotted the park at discreet distances from each other. |
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The 20-to 30-hole moveable outhouse was a discreet distance to the leeward. |
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Obeying the dictates of modesty, they usually preferred discreet euphemisms or a blushing silence. |
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After this briefest of appearances in the pages of history, the surviving rebels disappeared from public view, wiser, sadder and more discreet. |
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I shall draw a discreet veil over the rest of that day but suffice it to say that a jolly time was had by all. |
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All shades exist also in a supercalendered version which confers a discreet but sophisticated transparency to the repositionable note. |
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And here is an orchestration of imagery that is as powerful as it is discreet. |
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While wearing them with suits is a big no-no, discreet leather sneakers can be worn with chinos as a last resort. |
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You're alerted to this fact by any one of a number of beeps, hoots and whistles, or by the more discreet vibrating option. |
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Some repairs to the shed and a discreet coat of green, brown or black woodstain might improve its appearance, for instance. |
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Taking a discreet glance around, he saw the few other patrons of the restaurant heartily consuming their own lunch, so he tried to follow suit. |
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Taking deep breaths she began to hyperventilate, but in a more discreet way. |
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Any discreet watching brief must take full cognisance of an individual's right to privacy and independence. |
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For example, discreet indirect lighting allows for nighttime activities in a formerly candlelit room. |
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I talked to him last week in the understated luxury of the discreet Residence. |
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This was a little disappointing considering the state of modern discreet body armour which could stop most rifle rounds without flinching. |
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Intolerable Cruelty is a movie in which the brothers' distinctive presence is quite reticent and discreet in terms of script. |
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As the song comes to a close, a mandolin slowly takes over, building a discreet line around a series of found sounds. |
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I went to the bar and asked for a dry sherry and sat in a discreet corner behind a decorative shrub. |
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On the ground floor he set the entrance back with a long, small-paned, and curtained window, expressing a discreet welcome. |
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It comes in two prefabricated units, made of modular plywood panels, which sit on a discreet wheeled chassis. |
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The keys emit soft clicks with each key press, much more discreet than the loud beep. |
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In public places, Kanaks adopt a discreet and subdued attitude, avoiding excessive speaking or gesticulating, which are considered rude. |
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It is large, bound in luxurious leather, with discreet gold lettering announcing its pedigree. |
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This can be done most effectively, and most deniably, by discreet activities, sufficiently tactful to avoid provoking response. |
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She was a discreet, sober, provident woman, and with great patience endured many afflictions. |
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That the engine pulls firmly, with a creamy, discreet blare, across a broad rev-range helps. |
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You travel the world praising the discreet charm of an ancient university and extolling the virtues of academic freedom. |
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The general rules of thumb for a good private detective, Eddie said, are to be able to blend in, to act normally and be discreet. |
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He can be a bit of a loudmouth, he's loud, he's gregarious, he's not discreet. |
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Once taboo, birth control and family planning are quietly available to discreet couples. |
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What they have concocted is a sleek, discreet and luxuriously appointed hotel that is stylish but still accessible. |
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The agent was one of the most tactful and discreet people that I have ever met in my life. |
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Around the back, you'll find a deeper bumper with a chromed tailpipe poking through off-centre, a boot spoiler and some discreet badging. |
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It's fully lined with Bemberg rayon and features a discreet chest pocket, front flap pockets, and a back vent. |
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We make discreet enquiries, and sources respond that there was indeed massive demand for the teleconference. |
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When she noticed me, she gave me a discreet wink and continued with her speech. |
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She hops out into the garden, does a sort of discreet cough, and up comes a nice neat little wad of hair, no fuss, and no mess. |
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He stressed his team were discreet in their inquiries and that any innocent party could be easily eliminated from the hunt. |
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Here, you can laze on a beach lounger attended to by courteous, but discreet, staff, or paddle or swim in the tepid turquoise water. |
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More matronly sorts opt instead for ye olde-style tea shoppes and here you can eavesdrop over a discreet pot of Darjeeling. |
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They had a summer of champagne, discreet suppers and walks by the Seine, but after that they saw each other less regularly. |
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He has a good article on why the commission hearings should have been private and discreet, rather than the three-ring circus we have now. |
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Even the security is discreet, although very much there with barriers, sentry boxes and electronic locks. |
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A pair of armed guards fell in at a discreet distance as I made my way back to my rooms. |
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In Britain, we'd see that as just being discreet, not making a fuss, not imposing yourself arrogantly on other people. |
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This here's what you'd call discreet charm, and that's what brings out the best in a guide. |
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The traitor will receive the information in the most discreet way possible. |
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She is diplomatically discreet about the pitfalls for foreign firms in the country. |
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Call it the difference between discreet concealed lighting and a flashing red neon sign. |
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After his daughter's birth, the president confided, several friends had advised him to seek a discreet divorce. |
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An erasable programmable logic device is used to output discreet signals for controlling mirror positioning. |
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Another way to optically broaden your shoulders is to wear suits and jackets with discreet shoulder pads. |
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He is also extremely discreet at the confessional, by the sickbed, in pastoral conversation. |
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Both cabinets include the discreet monogram of the painter E.J. Poynter in the third panel. |
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The mood in security circles was one of watchfulness and preparation for swift but discreet action. |
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The works float in discreet white frames to expose torn edges, staple marks and copious layers of underpainting visible around the rim. |
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With muted lighting and comfy leather sofas it has its discreet corners but it's better to be out in the open for A-list celeb spotting. |
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The colours and discreet lighting of the restaurant blend and lend superbly to the informal atmosphere and freshest food. |
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Do they fear physical harm or do they fear being forced to be discreet so as to avoid physical harm? |
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Fantastic views, bizarre place, very discreet, unpresuming and unpretentious. |
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The purpose of the bullying audit was explained and their participation in a confidential and discreet interview was invited. |
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Here is the junkyard, not as a repository of useless and discreet things, but as the living space of the working artist. |
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A fine, tasteful piece of neckwear enables a man to make a discreet fashion statement without feeling foolish. |
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Wearing a smart green dress and discreet golden earrings, she seemed every inch the sophisticated operator. |
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All you see of the system are a few discreet grilles in the soffits of the vaults. |
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They apply their mind and are trained to be discreet enough to prevent people from knowing that they are being watched. |
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The discreet brown tone of the silk reflects the French taste for somber tones in dress fabrics. |
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There is also a discreet dish of blinis, boiled potato slices and sour cream. |
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Clearly he considered this work to be creative and, while he is often bold in his alterations, he can also be discreet and delicate. |
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The rooms are spacious and avant-garde in decor and the service discreet but attentive. |
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A lot of their work is carried out in a very discreet and confidential manner. |
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Please note that it is important from the outset that you should be discreet about your interest in joining the Service. |
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Probably to avoid arousing the ire of his notoriously touchy band mates, he becomes more discreet and less gossipy as time goes by. |
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For the cross examination she is dressed in a sober black dress and discreet gold chain as befits a senior law officer. |
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But, immaculately dressed in a dark-grey trouser suit, the effect is discreet. |
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Their discreet designer labels send out waves of attitude like bullets, but secretly they delight in the attention. |
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He had been careful to maintain a discreet distance between the architects of the plan and the hired help. |
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A fine quality shirt should have solid yet discreet stitching around the seams and buttons. |
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The bloom's beauty and discreet fragrance were highly regarded, as were its protective qualities against the elements. |
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Try a healthy dose of illumination for your eyes with discreet, shimmery pigments that catch the light and radiate a heart-stopping, soft glow. |
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By now the guests have started to hover around the buffet and Ismail, who is showing discreet signs of kitchen-fatigue, encourages all to dig in. |
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Lapidus became notorious in the 1950s, an era that liked its modernism discreet, for flamboyant hotel designs that were often called gaudy, garish, splashy and colossal. |
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I received a much more discreet dressing and went on my merry way. |
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They came together in a variety of salons, private academies, libraries and the like, enjoying the discreet but effective patronage of princes, ministers, and aristocrats. |
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We're getting acquainted in a delectably discreet and secluded restaurant. |
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As long as the adulterer was discreet and the wife either didn't know what was going on or was willing to pretend she didn't know, everybody else also pretended not to know. |
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His timing was cautious, and the bar was a discreet 50-foot walk from the hotel. |
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Welcome to The Angel, one of the pay-by-the-hour lodgings offering a discreet haven for trysts and visits with dominatrixes. |
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Though Billings was discreet about his sexual orientation, it was well known throughout Washington. |
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Further windows were added at discreet points around the barn, mostly at low level, framing horizontal panoramas of the landscape visible when sitting inside. |
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The design is an exercise in restraint, from the unadorned raised back to the discreet rope moulded rim, to the gentle curve of the sabre supports that end on paw feet. |
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Ostensibly, this hallway's purpose was to allow the guests' personal retainers discreet but easy access to the rooms for which they were responsible. |
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She chose a full-frontal nude for the cover of Hard Times for Lovers, but Elektra went with a far-less-daring, more discreet shot. |
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Some forms of disorder became more discreet, as law enforcers concentrated brothels in red-light districts and compelled madams to shield prostitution from public view. |
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In the old days the uncertainty provided a lucrative source of supplemental income for town-hall bureaucrats who would tip you the wink for a little discreet baksheesh. |
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Since you wrote The Manny, do you think people are being more discreet about their money? |
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To add a personal note to this review, ethnography's limits are reached at the boundaries of specific and discreet social worlds, whether they be boardrooms or bar rooms. |
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In the end, I practically begged one of the planners to walk down the road with me and see just how discreet and unimposing this new building would be. |
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The Virgo style is neat, discreet, simple, conservative and under-stated. |
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Royal sources suggested the choice was a discreet snub to the BBC, which has been criticised for the alleged lack of respect shown in its coverage. |
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The England manager, naturally, is much more discreet and gentlemanly in his replies, refusing to count the bedpost notches or pass an opinion on his partners' motivations. |
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Stepping through the revolving door and across the black and white tiles to our candlelit table in a discreet little alcove, I felt I could have been in Paris. |
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This autumn, we should be wearing neat, discreet fashion and talking in clipped, Celia Johnson voices about tea caddies and how marvellous carbolic is on stains. |
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The discreet home cinema consists of a sixteen-millimeter projector that pulls out of a cupboard and projects onto a self-supporting screen concealed behind a sofa. |
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The bumper-to-body join lines are discreet and in line with the side rubbing strake, and the wheel arches are gently flared instead of being bounded by thick swages. |
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It does not require a platoon of flatfoots to make discreet inquiries. |
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A discreet cough at the door alerted them to the presence of a servant. |
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If you are looking for something less expensive, Oasis has a good selection of pretty party frocks, including a 1950s-inspired chiffon frock with a discreet poppy print. |
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Consequently, women are expected to be decorous, modest, and discreet. |
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It does seem an eminent candidate for discreet burial, doesn't it? |
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I wish I were a discreet sort of person in whom others could confide. |
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Autobiographies are often curiously discreet about the awful transition. |
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It is possible to be discreet, and a lot of famous people are. |
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He tries to be more discreet about his own political leanings. |
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Their bodyguards followed them around the place at discreet distances. |
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She's looking good in black suit, styled hair and discreet makeup. |
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He jumps in his chair at a discreet cough immediately beside him. |
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A discreet cough alerted him to the couple's readiness to leave. |
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There is a discreet knock on the door of the mayoral chamber. |
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With its lightweight design, the BODYGUARD 38 allows for discreet carry and its hammerless design provides a snag-free presentation. |
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John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet. |
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His encounters were necessarily discreet, as such activities were illegal in Britain, and remained so throughout his lifetime. |
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And always there is a discreet display of foundation garments in one of their windows. |
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Gounod's Je veux vivre waltzed away with some delightful coloratura interspersions, the orchestra thankfully more discreet but still supportive. |
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Despite the fact that you can be very discreet, when stirred you can be much feistier when it comes to possessions. |
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However, he was discreet in expressing his religious views because he feared public attention might hinder his professional career. |
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What wit and policie of man is answerable to their discreet and orderly course? |
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The NN5 solution comprises a range of discreet earpieces and a specially-designed facility connector. |
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On the evening of 20 October 1953, Gielgud, usually highly discreet about casual sex, was arrested in Chelsea for cruising in a public lavatory. |
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Can you account him wise or discreet that would willingly have his health, and yet will do nothing that should procure or continue it? |
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Ontario off the beaten path is safe for discreet camping, hiking, and canuding. |
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Her discreet questions, immersed in moments of inspired creation, are suspended on grace notes of memory. |
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We chatted with Amanda Horan Kennedy, founder of the shapewear line Sassybax, to get the lowdown on discreet underthings. |
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Besides, her position dictated a discreet, low-key approach. |
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Loading a discreet sociometric app onto your smartphone is not all that far-fetched. |
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You can find anything from the small discreet varieties to the showy chanterelles and boletes. |
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For someone in the blab business, she could be remarkably discreet. |
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I've always permed men's hair, but, in the past, it was very discreet. |
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While the rest of the world have to fankle about for nooks and crannies to charge their phones, Bentley owners have their own discreet mahogany drawer. |
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The NN5 earpiece is also the smallest discreet earpiece on the market. |
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With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners. |
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The NRA Home Defense Cabinet by Jotto Gear is a discreet gun cabinet with sliding mirrored front which features a proprietary biometric securing system. |
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Such hedonistically engrossing, overripe colors contrast with Kelly's puritan tidiness and Louis's calculated intricacy, his peculiarly discreet sensuousness. |
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The discreet Bluetooth earpiece syncs with one's smartphone and allows phone calls without having to pull one's phone out of their pocket or purse. |
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Holes were pricked through each gathering of eight leaves, and then individual pages were separately ruled for writing with a sharp, dry, and discreet point. |
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To find a place like that and be discreet about it, Jones figured he needed help, so he went to see his favorite lay, Juan Carillo's woman, Carmen. |
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