11.   The larger estimate came as the winter wheat crop rebounded from the effects of the cold weather in the Plains states.

12.   The lower earnings estimates come as sales at Braun fall short of targets because of continued weakness in the German and Japanese economies, company spokesman David Fausch said.

13.   The new and higher estimate comes the same week as the Federal Reserve Board again stomped on the economic brake pedal by raising short-term interest rates.

14.   The new estimates come as demand worldwide for PCs booms.

15.   Those estimates come from Dallas political analyst Dan Weiser, a retired oil company statistician who has studied election data for decades.

16.   Those estimates have been coming down all year.

17.   Weldon said the estimate came from a Congressional Budget Office report.

18.   When new damage estimates come out, they may show that the damage is not as bad as first thought.

19.   When real cost estimates came in, Randy Poynter, chairman of the Rockdale County Board of Commissioners, choked.

20.   When the lower estimate came out earlier this month, Bush said he may have to trim his proposals, but there was no hint Wednesday that he did.