It's now or never for Poland and this could either be one of the most exhilarating nights in their history or one of the most deflating.
Their comprehensive Champions League defeat by Bayern Munich was deflating, but the Germans were operating on a different plane this year.
Then, bang on cue, a quote from Noel – something along the lines of "I'd rather slam my tallywhacker in a rusty letterbox than be in a band again with that whomping great knobber" – swarms the internet like a plague of locusts, deflating the rumour where it stands.
There is something deflating about loneliness.
S&P's exercise is, of course, deflating.
I think it is highly unlikely that a Fed more exposed to popular pressure would have been more aggressive in diagnosing and deflating a housing bubble.Apart from that, Mr Greenspan's quotes are taken somewhat out of context.
As if a switch had been thrown, the buzz has gone from online trading.The result has been that the tech bubble is deflating not with a bang and a panic sell-off, as had been feared, but with a whimper.
If prices were perfectly flexible, the economy would get the inflation it needs, regardless of monetary policy - if necessary by deflating now so that prices can rise in the future.
Despite a deflating end to his presidency, he has said he still believes in Georgia's future.
Some would still blame the Fed, for not deflating asset bubbles with higher interest rates.
The deflating follow-ups, by contrast, languished in more obscure publications, which hard-pressed hacks and quacks alike are less likely to read.A sensible prescription is hard.
