preaching

All week Gonzalez said the coaches were preaching the lesson learned from last season.

Their singing, praying and preaching moved seamlessly among three languages: Fijian, Hindi and English.

"All that the newspapers and television programmes were full of was where the Duke's horses were running, where David Sheppard was preaching and what Mrs Dexter was wearing," bemoaned Trueman.

"There is no point professors preaching from on high. We need farmers themselves to show others that this does not necessarily mean a drop in income."

Large employers have been making deep cuts to white-collar jobs, with many executives preaching a leaner approach to their businesses.