Analysts said the European Central Bank's first-ever tender of ultra-cheap three-year loans Wednesday was not giving much support to the euro.
Yet they do, at ever more tender ages.
Higashi's version was the best I've ever eaten: tender, still-pink meat and melt-in-the-mouth vegetables.
On the other hand, both fish came on a bed of fabulously green and buttery garlicked spinach, and the bass came with some of the best roasted potatoes I've ever had, tender, crunchy and fragrant with rosemary.
But neither Epstein nor Lovric thinks words on a screen will ever replace tender thoughts on paper, which you can touch, smell and tuck away in a special place.
His stuffed grape leaves are probably the best I've ever tasted, tender as pastry, slightly soured with green grape juice instead of vinegar, and rolled around herbed rice you could swear was flavored with lamb, although it is wholly vegetarian.
Apart from the fact that the government appears to be putting out ever-bigger tenders that SMEs can't hope to match, the difficulty of competing appears to be escalating.
Nothing but gold and silver coin had ever been legal tender in the United States, but Congress yielded to the wartime necessities and the resulting First Legal Tender Act passed both the House and the Senate.
And it was true, those fresh noodles were quite unlike anything I had ever tasted, toothsome, tender and delicate.
Geetanjali 16 Court Parade, Watford Road, Wembley, Middx, 020-8904 5353 The best tandoori lamb chops I've ever tasted - tender, succulent with beautifully balanced spicing.
The richly textured documentary-style cinematography (featuring some of the best nighttime images ever filmed) sketches tender and frank portraits of the participants while tensely weaving them into the urban fabric, as in a scene of confrontations with the police.
