If you are going to offer a "slight tip" to anyone, why offer it to people who are already on the inside track who not only come from privileged homes, but also have an insider's knowledge of how the admissions system works?There are signs that patience with this practice is wearing thin.
No point in pretending that this second instalment of Skelton's memoirs – there is an earlier volume called Tears Before Bedtime – isn't a bitchy and score-settling affair, in which plain George Weidenfeld, as he then was, has every slight offered to his former consort repaid with interest.
But the report did offer a slight "well, it could be worse".
I WANT to offer a slight correction to last week's post on Japan and a few additional comments on the Japanese situation.
Ultimately, if history is any guide, then having a quality bias in your portfolio could offer a slight improvement to returns and maybe even smooth the markets ups and downs a little too.
"I wouldn't be surprised if there was a slight increase in the offer although Kraft seemed to rule that out during the conference call," said Jon Cox, an analyst with Kepler Capital Markets in London.
(The last view must offer a slight revision of (8): While a nonconcrete individual actually exists and could have been parented by Portman and Bush, nothing that is actually concrete could have been parented by Portman and Bush).
In moderation and with good judgment, they are harmless and may even offer a slight self-esteem boost.
It didn't matter that Castile had done nothing wrong, except, perhaps, offer a slight challenge to a police officer.
Corporate earnings from drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb, food manufacturer H.J. Heinz Co., supermarket chain Kroger Co. and software designer Adobe Systems Inc. may offer a slight distraction.
And, to offer a slight variation on something I've previously said, the short-term "end of print" apocalypse will not be felt by people clutching pricey panes of glass, but by a forgotten class of people who need quality journalism as a stopgap against a whole range of societal ills.
