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..., piano ballads and gentle strings....
...So far, growth has been steady and any slowing has been gentle. But if that changes, optimistic valuations mean little room for error....
...For hours, they have whirled, writhed and often just larked about, under his gentle but firm direction. “‘Walk’ was like a mantra. People now say ‘Léo Walk’, and so I’m condemned now to keep moving....
...About half the market is made up of double-B bonds, the highest-quality rung, up from about a third a decade ago....
...Some, like Saicho, are simply made with a cold infusion of very-high‑quality leaves – a gentle extraction process that helps to preserve the tea’s fruity, floral and woody notes....
...His name was Gordon Lee, a gentle, enthusiastic talker of 83 and the shop’s proprietor for the past 41 years. “When I first brought my mother here, she said it took her back to the 1930s,” he told us....
...If we are in a slowdown, it’s a very gentle one. Or are we missing something? Email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...In the thick of this good-natured mishmash of a B-movie (directed by Peyton Reed), you might find yourself pondering it....
...“He had a very gentle persona, making you feel like he’s a man you can trust.”...
...They are also gentle and affectionate, but they lack courage and endurance, enterprise and high spirits....
...And the truth is consumers of all ages are increasingly thirsty for drinks that not only hydrate but make them smarter, stronger, leaner, meaner, and maybe give them a gentle buzz as well....
...Such a gentle reversion to pre-Covid norms would defy the historical record, but it could happen....
...There’s a lot of companies in the double-B category that were downgrades from triple-B. They’re better companies. It’s a different high-yield than, say, 10 years ago ....
...Out in the distance I could hear the hush of the waves on the stones — a sound like a gentle inhaling and exhaling. There was no one around as I went to catch the bus to Portland....
...Maria Shollenbarger travelled with Cazenove+Loyd, which tailors trips to Morocco from £6,000pp for seven nights’ B&B including private experiences (excluding international flights). cazloyd.com, riadmenaandbeyond.com...
...You won’t find sheep grazing on the gentle slopes around the inn, though....
...But if somebody says to me, well, economics suggested A, B, and C, now that we look at the evidence, we realise that A, B and C are true....
...Analysts at JPMorgan predict a default rate of 3.5 per cent for US leveraged loans in 2023, and expect this to rise to 4 per cent in 2024, assuming a gentle economic slowdown....
...There’s a lovely beach with gentle sand into the river, and my three daughters learned to swim in the Thames....
...Bassist Steve Tintweiss and drummer Allen Blairman negotiate gospel, R&B and free jazz and sensitively underpin Ayler’s explorations on tenor saxophone....
...That is gentle stuff by historical standards; the long-term average default rate is 3 per cent....
...The first question I ask Jane Birkin as we sit in a quiet office in London’s Barbican Centre is a gentle one, to put us both at ease: what were the origins of her excellent album Oh!...
...Nath, who took the reins of the 160-person start-up last year, first encountered Compass just before his former employer invested in its series B round in April 2020....
...Convelio, a digitally savvy art shipping company, has raised $35mn in its Series B funding....
...Robert Lindsay is a hoot as Moonface Martin, a gravel-voiced, B-list gangster trying — with limited success — to pass himself off as a priest....
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