That the bubble has deflated by some 18%, partly thanks to greater penetration of cheaper imports, has left most residents better off and happier.

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Martin O'Neill's men drop down to sixth having scored fewer goals than Manchester City and they are entitled to feel totally deflated by their last-gasp defeat.

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Musical myths are sharply deflated by some of these letters.

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The Cottagers were visibly deflated by the immediate reply and Huddlestone compounded their misery with a fine fourth, driving into the corner right-footed from the edge of the area.

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Al Qaeda "central" has spent much of the past decade on the defensive -- deflated by the loss of senior leaders, the drone campaign in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area and a withering bank balance.

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Conservatively speaking, then, it appears that over the past couple of years, the real exchange rate of the yuan, deflated by unit labor costs, has been appreciating against the dollar at a rate of something like 15 percent per year.

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"I'm deflated by it, " he admitted.

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Rose admitted he had been "deflated" by his Ryder Cup omission - an act which Montgomerie described as "the worst day of my professional career" - but added he was "proud of how some of my friends played out there... and I am more excited than ever to get into the team for 2012".

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And the company has also deflated Mr Kohnstamm's remarks about Colombia by pointing out that he was writing about the country's history, not its sights or restaurants.

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