Original projections of attracting 300,000 admissions per year proved to be far too optimistic.

The 1995 projections for Premiere could also prove to be too rosy.

These projections proved to be shortsighted, when pharmaceutical executives did not see what effects their products would have on the market.

What if projections like the Berkeley study prove to be wildly inflated?

Much will depend on how sound Washington's projections and calculations prove to be.

But if that rosy projection proves wrong over the long term, the city will have to make up the difference.

That projection proved accurate in a number of scenarios, but not so much in others.

But, if recent history is any guide, the projections will prove overly optimistic.

Of course, such projections could prove to be wishful thinking.

And their projections have consistently proven to be overly optimistic.