31.   That creates a statistical mirage, or bias, because statistical tests inevitably underestimate the impact of factors that are hard to measure.

32.   The Kremlin may have underestimated the impact of the long, drawn out drama of the Kursk is having on Russians.

33.   The mistake we often make is underestimating the impact of these words spoken in haste.

34.   To say he is the Michael Jordan of Russia is to underestimate his impact on his homeland.

35.   Yet the government has already acknowledged it underestimated that impact of the tax increase.

36.   Peter Piot, head of the U.N. AIDS program, urged celebrities not to underestimate the impact of their work.

37.   But he added that Cuba would not underestimate the impact of the new sanctions law, which is meant to strangle the flow of foreign funds.

38.   Europe, on the other hand, is likely to pay a heavy price for underestimating the impact of the U.S. slowdown on its own economy, Smadja said.

39.   He said there was no evidence yet to suggest that economists were underestimating the impact on Europe of the U.S. slowdown.

40.   We should not underestimate the impact of the crisis on the social fabric as well as the economies of the countries affected.