Sentence examples for cooked numbers from inspiring English sources

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Enron management and the administration Enron did so much to put in power applied the same strategy: First, use cooked numbers to justify big giveaways at the top.

There's no nice way to explain how the administration uses cooked numbers to sell its tax cuts, or how its arrogance and gullibility led to the current mess in Iraq.

What they need isn't skyrocketing user counts, which often fall under the cooked numbers category, but real-life case studies.

Conn Carroll, of the Washington Examiner, tweeted, "I don't think BLS cooked numbers.

If these cooked numbers are allowed to stand, neither candidate would have the 50percentt needed for a first-round victory, forcing an Oct. 8 runoff.

The answer to the second question — why there's a widespread perception that government spending has surged, when it hasn't — is that there has been a disinformation campaign from the right, based on the usual combination of fact-free assertions and cooked numbers.

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Poor funding leads to poor data collection, and worsening conditions increase temptation to cook numbers.

Janice: I think food is the number one priority and, because I have to have gas to cook, number two is gas.

Another example is from Janice, who is responsible for cooking for herself and her husband Jacob: Janice: I think food is the number one priority and, because I have to have gas to cook, number two is gas.

Even Jack Welch, the former chief executive of General Electric, chimed in: Unbelievable jobs numbers..these Chicago guys will do anything..can't debate so change numbers — Jack Welch (@jack_welch) 5 Oct 12 The response to Mr. Welch was just as swift, and as harsh: I cannot believe a serious person like Jack Welch is suggesting BLS cooked these numbers.

I cannot believe a serious person like Jack Welch is suggesting BLS cooked these numbers.

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