21.   Chinese leaders say the claims are exaggerated.

22.   Chinese officials contend the U.S. claims are exaggerated.

23.   Corley, speaking to reporters by telephone from Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., denied that NATO exaggerated its claims.

24.   Guerrilla casualty claims are often exaggerated.

25.   Reports of massacres in remote areas of Congo are not infrequent, but at times rival groups appear to level or exaggerate claims of atrocities for political ends.

26.   South Korean officials have speculated the claims might be exaggerated by the North to make a case for as much aid as possible.

27.   The guerrillas say the military claim is exaggerated.

28.   The guerrillas say the claim is exaggerated.

29.   The Navy says their claims are exaggerated and argues that the training is necessary to national defense.

30.   The Pentagon says it has no casualty estimate, but insists Taliban claims are wildly exaggerated.