1.   Estimates differ widely over how many people are likely to benefit.

2.   Neither side explains why these estimates differ so widely.

3.   Those estimates differ, largely because of different assumptions about how the economy will perform in the future.

4.   By far the best equipped and best paid, the Republican Guard has seven or eight divisions, although estimates differ on total manpower.

5.   By far the best equipped and best paid, the Republican Guard has between seven and eight divisions, although estimates differ on total manpower.

6.   Estimates differed on the extent of fire-damaged areas.

7.   Estimates have differed on the extent of fire-damaged areas.

8.   That share will result from financial estimates made by the banks advising the two groups and the state - and those estimates still differ substantially.