31.   The lower estimate came one day after Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the worst of the slowdown may not be over.

32.   The higher estimate came from studies that included tests of soldiers, prostitutes, blood donors and pregnant women, the newspaper said.

33.   The new income and poverty estimates come from an annual Census report that revises earlier estimates derived solely from survey data.

34.   The new estimates came from a follow-up survey conducted after the census to measure its accuracy.

35.   Torres spoke optmistically while damage estimates still were coming in from plantations flattened and flooded.

36.   That estimate could come in March or April, or even later.