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It conveys a jauntiness, not to say a cockiness, that is all about the self-conscious, rather than the understated, projection of power.
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Finally, although Veterans care comprises the fourth largest category of government spending, the magnitude of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans' costs is grossly understated in government projections.
Both the video and slide projection, though more understated than the work in Mr. Magdy's previous exhibitions here, still feel a bit heavy-handed in their symbolism.
But such projections "understate the budgetary challenges facing the federal government in the coming years," Douglas Elmendorf, director of the budget office, wrote on its Web site.
"The magnitude cannot be understated," Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst with Sanford B. Bernstein & Company, said of the revenue projection, which he said would be "$1 billion less than anyone expected" and should put the quarterly revenue at about $10 billion.
The Red Line's cost projections, done by the previous administration of Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley, were "hugely understated," he said.
According to a rule of thumb used by actuaries, though, every year's difference between the company's projection and the age at which the employees actually retired might have understated benefits by about $15 million.
A 2003 study of transportation megaprojects around the world showed that ridership projections almost always turned out to be wildly overstated, while costs were wildly understated.
It was obvious to independent observers even in 2001 that the budget projections used to justify that year's tax cut exaggerated future revenues and understated future costs.
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Quiet and understated.
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