WHILE PALM BEACH has always had its newcomers and horn blowers, its social scene used to be more discreet, conducted inside private homes and members-only clubs.
But all the examples of homosexual relations — in Sufi poetry, Urdu literature or discreet sexual conduct — occur within the private sphere, said Hina Jilani, a human rights lawyer and activist for women's and minority rights.
Many a grand courtesan started her education under the tutelage of a frightening wimple....Because thro' more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting and Intrigue to prevent Suspicion.
Top French, German and American politicians often conduct discreet but barely disguised affairs which attract little or no public comment.
The investigators were instructed to conduct "discreet inquiries under the pretext of writing a newspaper article" to establish the views of Djanogly's political colleagues.
It showed that last year the then-shadow solicitor general had instructed the firm to conduct "discreet inquiries under the pretext of writing a newspaper article" to establish the views of people including a former council leader.
Additionally, it was primarily his decision to engage Mr Webb to conduct discreet surveillance of Mr Lewis and Ms Harris in circumstances where there was no conceivable journalistic or other justification to do so: this was clearly in breach of their Article 8 rights.
Andersen referred to this time in his life as his "erotic period", but he was not discreet in his conduct with Scharff and displayed his feelings much too openly.
Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chair of the B.D.P., whom I reached through D. Dogan, a Kurdish human-rights activist, has been adamant that talks continue, even in the wake of the murders and even though the arrest may expose a rift among members of the P.K.K. "Previous meetings were also being conducted by the government, but they were discreet and mostly conducted in secret," he wrote to me.
The Office of Congressional Ethics, a proven force for good on Capitol Hill, is in need of a fresh lease from House leaders if it is to continue conducting discreet preliminary investigations of corruption allegations against lawmakers.
