As he spoke, prices began falling on the Istanbul Stock Exchange as investors fretted that his unyielding stance could lead to more unrest.
Yentob's stay on April Fools' Day cost £252.81 – again, a steal relatively speaking, when prices can soar to $2,000 a night.
Besides the bargain -- relatively speaking -- prices, he said, the area offers a more subdued lifestyle despite its high quotient of celebrities.
Then again, historically speaking stock prices are still dangerously high relative to earnings, so it's a good time to sell.
Generally speaking, oil prices go up when the global economy is robust, world demand is rising, suppliers are pumping at maximum levels, and little stored or surplus capacity is on hand.
Industry spokesmen contend that, strictly speaking, the price of wind-driven energy is close to being competitive with other sources.
And then, as the conversation deepened and tea flowed, he spoke of prices.
"There really has not been a plunge, so to speak, in prices in our neighborhood," said Carmela Massimo, an associate broker at Welcome Home Real Estate in Sunnyside.
"Typically as a consumer, you're picking from 40 to 60 health plans in a given region, and they're all laid out in a vocabulary you don't speak and priced according to a premium — but that's not the price you really need.
