The air-conditioning is turned low, staff bearing salvers of fruity drinks glide by and the dazzle of rack upon rack of jewelry is blinding.

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Pass the Verona Canal, where gondolas effortlessly glide by, on your way to Campo Santo Stefano, a square that leads to a number of secretive Baroque courtyards and portico arches.

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Elena Ambrosiadou, the Greek founder of the Cyprus-based hedge fund Ikos, first laid eyes on the Maltese Falcon as she watched it glide by the Grecian island of Delos.

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She still moved like the dancer she had been in college, her feet pointed slightly outward, her head high, her walk more a glide than something taken step by step.

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America's biggest airline, American Airlines has prepared a glide path down to Chapter 11 by laying out a cost-cutting strategy and a financing plan before it asked its workers to agree to wage cuts.

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The assumption that Mr Brown will glide smoothly into the job needs to be replaced by the assumption that he should be challenged by credible alternatives, including those who claim to be more Blairite than he is.

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Marc Herbert came close to touching down a grubber kick on his Bulls debut before Royston benefited from great handling by Gareth Raynor and Patrick Ah Van to glide in unchallenged.

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And the difference between a machine-made hull and one shaped by Saito is significant: with the right curve, a boat will glide through the sea with less resistance and burn less fuel.

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