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Participants were invited to deflate the AFI's Greatest Legends List of movie stars by devising a brief plot summary of a movie in which any equally ranked pair--for instance Charlie Chaplin and Joan Crawford are both rated No.
Since both dominate exploration in Alaska, federal and state officials are worried that a merger might deflate competition and raise prices in the area.
One answer is: nothing . The history of central bank attempts to deflate overvalued stock prices is not encouraging.
The argument that the stock market is overvalued--and that it will either gradually deflate or crash--is simple.
He liked to deflate solemnity with silliness.