Discrete actions are clearly defiend events that have a definite beginning and, in most cases, a definite conclsusion. See Ornelas v. Department of Justice, EEOC Appeal no. 01995301 (September 26, 2002). Examples include terminations, non-selections, failures to promote, transfer denials, suspensions, leave restrictions, officials reprimands, etc.
The Chateau Marmont in Hollywood has a similar connection to a celebrity death that it will never be able to shake -- and perhaps doesn't want to. In 1982, Saturday Night Live's John Belushi died of a drug overdose there at the age of 33.
(To my knowledge, we still have not been told the official cause of Cormierâs death.) According to Dr. Jim Garrow, Andrew Breitbart did not die from natural causes, but was killed by the Obama Administration. Best-selling author of techno-military thrillers Tom Clancy died last week on Oct. 2 at the age of 66. The New York Times said Clancy died at Johns Hopkins Hospital after a brief illness.