Now city officials say they will try to develop the area, called Arverne, as discrete smaller projects with separate developers.

They said the office never represented the building as a discrete project with distinct price tag.

I told her there were several projects, related but discrete.

In New York City, the unmet need is significantly higher, with less than 25 percent served in discrete family-planning projects that provide subsidized care.

But Ms. Reeves describes the soundtrack as a discrete project, not a hint of things to come.

"This is not the peace pipeline, but rather a discrete project to provide gas to supply Jordan's energy needs into the 21st century," Mr. Clark said.

But as companies from BorgWarner to General Electric start to experiment with using foreign lawyers for discrete legal projects, that is starting to change.

Initially focused on original music creation for discrete client-driven projects, an additional business line was introduced in 2000.

Only occasionally have small amounts gone to discrete, popular projects, like the $1.25 million to help Broadway after Sept. 11.

Though each can be seen as a discrete civic project, all are part of a master plan to enlarge the scale of central Paris.