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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.
So Anderson turned around and wrote up the encounter, in a way designed both to deflate his own persona and to make sport of Kael's infirmities and memory lapses.
Since both dominate exploration in Alaska, federal and state officials are worried that a merger might deflate competition and raise prices in the area.
USAT predicts that the market would deflate if the Fed hints it might raise interest rates again this year.
The argument that the stock market is overvalued--and that it will either gradually deflate or crash--is simple.