1.   As a result, Professor Hoffman said, the population projections made from the survey sample were skewed significantly.

2.   Economic assumptions must be updated and new revenue projections made.

3.   Tax cuts are always popular on Capitol Hill during an election year, and rosy federal budget projections have made tax cuts especially hard to resist.

4.   The bite-sized portions, however, appear easier to swallow, and growing budget surplus projections make them go down even more smoothly.