21.   Preliminary estimates are that about a third of the building was destroyed, Robison said.

22.   Preliminary estimates from the Clinton administration are that the tax provisions allow the industry to avoid billions of dollars a year in federal taxes, DeFazio said.

23.   That central fact was befogged recently by preliminary estimates of an upward blip of economic growth.

24.   The announcement of verdicts in the O.J. Simpson trial may have been the most-watched single event in television history, according to preliminary estimates.

25.   The announcement of verdicts in the Simpson trial may have been the most-watched single event in television history, according to preliminary estimates.

26.   The annual preliminary estimate of deaths from all causes was issued Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics.

27.   The Commerce Department reports its preliminary estimate of economic growth for the fourth quarter.

28.   The Commerce Department makes a preliminary estimate of economic growth in the second quarter.

29.   The California Department of Food and Agriculture had yet to report a preliminary estimate of damages.

30.   The Commerce Department gives its preliminary estimate of third-quarter economic growth.