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Note that pooled incidence rates for the unexposed were not used in this analysis (so as not to inflate power); rather, each study provided its own estimates.
The paper also goes front-page with word that GM plans to recall more than one million Cadillacs, Chevrolets and Pontiacs because their air bags can inflate without a crash.
KSM has admitted that his statement in a post-9/11 interview with Al Jazeera reporter Yosri Fouda-that an al Qaeda "reconnaissance committee" had identified 30 potential targets in the United States during the late 1990s-was a lie designed to inflate the perceived scale of the 9/11 operation.
The correlation among DZ twins in conflict is suspiciously low because it is a smaller number than for any of the other networks this, of course, would inflate the overall heritability of the conflict network.
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."