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“They collapse suddenly and then inflate and collapse suddenly — that was kind of the basis of the choreography,” Oppenheimer recalls.

Business interests played a role in driving concerns about property crime and organized retail thefts, which were repeatedly highlighted by proponents of Proposition 36, even though a Times investigation previously suggested such groups often grossly inflate the financial losses they suffer due to crime.

Imagine mastodon-like creatures whose noses are wind instruments that inflate the structures and emit sound.

Companies use a kind of mathematical sleight of hand called mass balance to inflate the recycledness of their most lucrative products by taking credit for the recycled content of other, less lucrative products.

Any additional losses could further inflate costs for goods like orange juice, which reached record highs this year, according to Lee, the agricultural economist.