But the merits of the proposals are already being lost in confusing and inflated claims.

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There's supposed to be a difference in visions here, and it needs to extend, once and for all, to inflated claims about government investment.

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But in her new book, The Courage to Be Rich, New Age money guru Suze Orman has cleaned up some inflated claims we spotted amid her rise to book and television talk-show prominence.

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But despite what I believe to be inflated claims of financial distress oft lamented recently by NBA Commissioner David Stern, I do see some salary cap exceptions being abolished while others become tightened.

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According to a December 6 report issued by the third party set up by the company to investigate Woodford's claims, the company had inflated fees for the 2008 purchase of Gyrus, a UK medical instruments firm.

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It's almost a given that battery life claims from manufacturers tend to be inflated.

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The various claims that insurance companies make are often over inflated, misleading and fail to consider other more attractive alternatives.

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And it was these qualities that secured his three claims to fame, which may have been inflated, but were far from baseless.

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In Music Week, Mr Logan also rejected claims audience figures of 70, 000 a night must have been inflated.

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