Centuries later in Paris, catacombs emerged as a creative and discreet solution to a dire public health problem.
For example, the slippery slope concern is a proper brake on public policy when a given policy seeking to curb a specific, discreet problem would have a likelihood of curbing similar behavior that is in fact not a problem, and indeed, behavior that might be of value to the society.
The design and engineering teams have collaborated on a visual identity that is distinct but discreet, with a motorized tilt function that directs the sound where you want it when the speakers are on, then retreats to flush when no longer needed.
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But when Christopher Stott's boss, Jay Honeycutt, the head of Lockheed Martin Space Operations, needed a private and discreet introduction to the head of a European space agency, Stott knew exactly what to do.
One of the marshals gave him a discreet pat on the back on the way out.
This allows the device to remain concealed in a discreet location away from your computers.
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Thirty years since the disease was identified and it was understood to be a discreet, you know, condition.
"Israel is asking Europe to lower the tone and conduct a discreet dialogue, " Rafi Barak is quoted saying.
The competition authorities are maintaining a discreet silence but privately officials are dismayed.
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The campaign only wanted a discreet interval for the fuss to blow over.
Functions are controlled by a discreet button, which folds out into options to share music, pictures, location and state of mind.
Nestled among the hills of Malibu, the 235-acre estate has its own GPS-scrambling private street, hidden behind a discreet wooden gate.
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His 2006 memoir, "Things I Didn't Know, " offers only a discreet sample.
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The logo had to be discreet, creating a feeling of understated quality.
Some previous secretaries of state - say Labour's Paul Murphy - saw their role as staying in the background and providing a discreet safe pair of hands.
The man in the middle, who seems to be calling the shots: most of his forehead, traversed by two clearly visible wrinkles, his eyebrows, the bridge of his nose, and a discreet quiff.
Once the motor was in place and the robot chip was programmed, the mounted bird was put in the wild along with a discreet sound system playing swamp sparrow calls to attract others.
With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.
Look around and you may see a coffee-table resting on a Greek capital, a tiny Roman mosaic sprucing up the foyer, a spread of Phoenician statuettes and Byzantine coins strewn along the bookshelves or a discreet Crusader cannon in the courtyard.
Some of these ideas were first broached by Yossi Beilin, now Israel's minister of justice, and Mahmoud Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen), who is regarded as Mr Arafat's deputy, in a discreet set of talks that were truncated by Rabin's death.
In the event, Winters' vocal unhappiness at the governance of the CIO, that it was a discreet trading operation answerable only to Dimon, and whose deployment of the bank's precious capital could not be scrutinised by other senior executives, was one of the reasons he was pushed out of the bank in the summer of 2009.
The court heard the brothers picked a "discreet" location for the scene of their first attack, in trees by a stream.
"We want the European Union to be a partner but it is important to hold a mature and discreet dialogue and not to resort to public declarations, " Rafi Barak reportedly told diplomats, according to a report in Haaretz.
He used a small discreet digital camera, the Fujifilm X10, which meant he could get quite close and photograph unobtrusively.
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Instead the woman, who asked not to be named, chose a more discreet firm that had represented other employees in disputes with the company.
The firm occupies just a few discreet, very secure offices.
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Legal experts say photos and videos, whether posted publicly online or obtained in a more discreet manner by the police, have to meet the same criteria: They must be authenticated, meaning the prosecutors must prove the images are what they seem and have not been altered or staged.
This popular five-star hotel has had five years to perfect its product, and attracts a crowd of insiders who appreciate its discreet, cosy feel, with extras like a plush private screening room and see-and-be-seen patio.
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