The City loves a frothy story like this," said one analyst who asked not to be named.
While seemingly attractive, forward-thinking industrial policies on paper, on closer inspection it is argued that each is as empty and as meaningless as Oasis lyrics – nothing but frothy vanity projects in an age of latte-fuelled capitalism, some might say.
"People want to do a bit of window shopping and have a frothy coffee and a sandwich," adds Hopkinson.
Investec analyst Ian Gordon said: When we downgraded to hold [ in January], we cited five primary concerns: (1) frothy 2013 sellside forecasts (2) payment protection insurance top-up risk (3) enhanced capital notes unwind (4) other income decline and (5) government overhang.
This contained a lot of false and frothy promises to "initiate an inclusive process of national debate …" blah, blah, blah.
Tables and benches are set in the sand on a bluff above either glassy lagoons or frothy Atlantic rollers, depending on the tide.
5 Beat the egg white until frothy, then fold through the mixture.
'Make me one of those iced, swirly, frothy frappuccino mocha things,' he says to a young woman dressed modishly in black.
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Missouri lore has it that in 1899, the state's congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver averred in a speech, "Frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me.
However, these men are at least partly known quantities, with their own records of pragmatism and success.As mayor of Moscow, Mr Luzhkov has presided over a frothy expansion of the city's economy, albeit flawed by crime and cronyism.
