Moreover,theoretical estimates have projected that we may be better off because of a possible reduction of tax-supported health care.

Previous estimates by the NFTA had projected 3.8 million passengers for 2006 and that it would be until 2020 before the 5 million plateau would be reached.

Initial estimates by Mattel projected that the service would have 1 million subscribers within five years.

An official estimate at the time projected the future population of Gatun at 160 American employees and their families.

The Government's current estimates project a surplus of $2.9 trillion over the next 10 years, and that has set off the loud and contentious debate over how the money should be spent.

This would explain why other estimates projected the casualties over the million given by the League.

The system was to become operational in stages, beginning last year, but current estimates now project the earliest starting date as 1997.

Initial estimates of the damage, immediately following the attack, set the price-tag at around $300,000 and projected that the bank would be closed for several weeks.

But the estimates now project a 160 percent increase.

Before the railroad was built, an estimate for revenues projected $30,000 in annual income from Danbury but only $2,000 from all the intermediate towns combined.