1.   The fact that the new estimates are so wildly different from the initial numbers has created a credibility gap.

2.   This means that it is possible to realistically estimate the subjective risk likely to be experienced by further subjects watching the films without actually having them give new estimates.

3.   Recently the idea of whole-mantle convection has gained support, largely as a result of new estimates of the viscosity of the mantle below the asthenosphere.

4.   Altogether, these new estimates suggest that China will not be the economic colossus in the next century that many experts have predicted.

5.   A new estimate is being prepared for President Clinton, officials said last week, and is expected to reach similar conclusions.

6.   A senior budget aide said, though, that the new CBO estimates brought Republicans and Democrats closer together on their cuts in projected growth of Medicare and Medicaid.

7.   But EPA officials said the new estimate is more sophisticated than past efforts, partly because they included a skeptic of global warming in the study team.

8.   But fiscal matters are not nearly as rosy as the new estimates suggest.

9.   Congressional aides said the new estimates reflected more up-to-date information about drug spending in recent years, as well as fresh projections of spending in the future.

10.   Democrats rejoiced at the new estimate for Medicare.