The Staten Island secession vote, Mr. Lynch estimated, brought out as many as 40,000 extra votes for Mr. Giuliani in 1993.
Experts say that these infiltrations are inevitable in the face of increasing international trade, which Mr. Hoebeke estimated brings in several new exotic species a year.
But it is always worth remembering that this is a business that the City regulator has estimated brought in £44bn of premiums for the banks on 46m policies.
Although the Agriculture Department crop estimates brought a measure of good news for farmers, the lower corn figures will most certainly add to the debate over ethanol production.
But the artist's "Abstract Paintings" (1994), more than doubled its estimate, bringing $3.4 million.
Four bidders wanted the sculpture, which sold for more than twice its high estimate, bringing $941,000.
At the June auctions in London many of his paintings topped their estimates, bringing particularly high prices.
A German diptych of the second half of the 14th century, hotly disputed, rose far above the estimate, bringing a steep £169,250.
Ironically, Théo van Rysselberghe's "Le Canal en Flandre par temps triste" had soared minutes earlier well above the high estimate, bringing an astonishing £2,617,500.
But the Senate majority leader, Joseph L. Bruno, has recently said his conference may have to reduce its revenue estimate, bringing it closer to the governor's position in light of the faltering economy.
