Despite a busy schedule giving private lessons and performing at schools and nursing homes, Eliot, who started playing the piano as a child and grew up surrounded by jazz, delights in the steady stream of visitors who turn up every week.

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Retirees who want steady income from their portfolios often turn to monthly dividend paying stocks.

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This in turn has prompted a steady procession of their MPs to pop up on the airwaves calling for their party to be more "assertive" within the government and to demonstrate that they are making a real difference.

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That, they hope, will nudge Brazil into a virtuous circle, in which they can cut interest rates, and thus the cost of debt-service and, in turn, reduce the size of the surplus needed to steady the debt burden.

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Gold, in turn, backed off from its session high to trade near steady on the day.

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Gold, in turn, backed off from its session high to trade near steady and then saw some slight further deterioration as the day wore on.

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And statistics gathered by national parks officials, commercial fisherman and local whale watching companies point to a steady rise in numbers over the last few years, which is in turn attracting larger numbers of tourists.

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While the last few years have seen the overheated art market turn into a multibillion-dollar global industry, Gladstone has maintained a steady reign.

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