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But Slate 's Jack Shafer disparages widespread comparisons of Burn Rate to Michael Lewis' Liar's Poker and attacks what he deems Wolff's disingenuousness: "[B]y repeatedly reminding the reader of what a dishonest, scheming little shit he is, he seeks to inflate his credibility."
And advertisers, of course, complain that sweep months artificially inflate the amounts they pay for spots.
You are not the sort of folks who need to artificially inflate your in-boxes, thank you very much.
Additionally, some infants with inaccurate gestational ages may remain in the dataset despite trimming, which would tend to inflate values for percentiles above the median.
The pundits inflate Rep.