Balmain is a label not known for the quiet, stealth discretion of its clothes.
But customers still demand discretion.
The Democratic Party of 2004 is beginning to look like the Republican Party of 2000 when, sensing victory in discretion, conservatives stayed quiet as Mr. Bush emphasized moderate language and positions, Democrats and Republicans said.
Written in Gordimer's detached, even clinical style, interruptive and staccato, almost at times like the notes for a work of fiction rather than the work itself, "Mission Statement" attains its quiet authority with the same discretion its characters display in conducting their affair.
Past heavy blue velvet curtains is a quiet drawing room, run with such discretion that you'll likely never realize how many of the other drinkers are show-biz luminaries.
And in modern Britain a restless, exhibitionist place Mr Marr's Queen Elizabeth stands out for her discretion, and for understanding that symbols are "better off keeping mostly quiet".
In the next round, the choices are similar, but this time, perhaps because the approach is described as "quiet support" for ailing banks, rather than a "cover-up," the students opt for discretion.
