Like the best folk-song interpreters, he is capable of singing of incredible violence without betraying any weak sentiment: "With his sword he cut off her head and kicked it against the wall," he relates in Little Mathie Grove, as coolly as though the murderer had just peeled a banana.
Speaking to MPs on the treasury select committee, Saunders warned it was now a major issue and compounding the already weak sentiment on currency markets towards sterling.
But Reuters reported that the Treasury had canceled a bond sale scheduled for Aug. 18, reflecting weak sentiment.
Aberdeen Asset Management has added 5.8p to 436.6p and Ashmore is up 3.8p to 297.8p as Societe Generale issued a positive note on the asset management groups: The negative performance of emerging markets in recent quarters and the resultant weak sentiment towards these markets leave Aberdeen and Ashmore trading at a discount to both their two-year and five-year ratings.
"Weak sentiment could limit the rise in consumption through the holiday season and right into winter.
Weak sentiment bodes poorly for corporate profits, as consumer spending accounts for about two-thirds of activity in the economy.
Charlie Mayfield, the employee-owned group's chairman, blamed discounting by rivals, increased capital expenditure on new stores and weak sentiment among hard-pressed consumers for the reverse.
"The mooted collapse of Comet will come as little surprise given weak sentiment and the shift towards online channels for consumer electronics," said Jon Copestake, retail analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit.
Some of these words carry strong sentiment, while others carry weak sentiment, but all of them contribute to sentiment expression of name entity.
Kant saw it as a weak and misguided sentiment: "Such benevolence is called soft-heartedness and should not occur at all among human beings," he said of compassion.
Japanese shares moved higher as investors chased bargains after a rebound on Wall Street and as a weaker yen boosted sentiment in exporters such as Toyota Motor and consumer electronics makers Matsushita Electric Industrial and Sony.
