21.   Production costs are inflated by the inelastic supply of stars.

22.   Republicans argued that the more comprehensive Democratic bill would amount to government meddling, inflate medical costs and result in more lawsuits.

23.   Romania must import all its modern contraceptives, inflating their cost.

24.   SOUTH KOREAN stocks tumbled for a second day as the won plumbed record lows against the dollar, inflating the cost of covering foreign currency debt.

25.   That system encouraged payoffs and inflated costs, investigators said.

26.   That means a patient could need additional treatment beyond the scope of the original condition, inflating the cost and cutting the profit for the disease-management program.

27.   The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a lobbying group in Washington, says the oil industry has inflated the cost of diesel regulations.

28.   The downgrade inflates borrowing costs in the near term because bond investors anticipate the action.

29.   The lawsuit also said the Lazars inflated the cost of their work and submitted fake invoices, while doing renovation work at the homes of Penney executives.

30.   The lack of any competitive environment meant that monopolistic producers could inflate costs of production while at the same reducing its volume and the outlays for it.