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1. To say she is a leftist is to radically understate her stand
2. It is virtually impossible to understate the amount of terrorism and devious tactics used to keep minorities from voting
3. down the dialogue, understate it
4. To begin with, they could understate the money put in and skim cash that way
5. I do not understate it when I say that the fate of our world now rests in your hands
6. He’s rather, to understate it, rather militant
7. They neither exaggerate nor understate whatever they have
8. Some companies understate free cash flow because they expense the cost of what are really investments in their growth
9. Berkshire Hathaway’s GEICO subsidiary does just this, and as a result, accounting earnings understate free cash flow assuming a steady-state business
10. As previously remarked, they may either understate the earnings by not showing all the current profits made by the subsidiaries, or they may overstate the earnings by failure to deduct subsidiaries’ losses or by including dividends from subsidiaries in excess of their actual income for the year
11. To say that these letters are a rich source of investment wisdom is to understate their true worth, as all the authors who collect royalties on books mined from this correspondence will attest
12. 75 percent, but depending on the time to maturity of a forward contract, this value can either overstate or understate the true dividend payout
13. To say that I have been haunted for the rest of my life by the affair Finnegan is to grossly understate the events leading up to that final melancholy
14. Now, Paris contains one twenty-fifth of the total population of France, and Parisian guano being the richest of all, we understate the truth when we value the loss on the part of Paris at twenty-five millions in the half milliard which France annually rejects
15. These assets warrant an extra premium because of their illiquidity and poor performance in liquidity droughts, while infrequent price moves artificially understate their measured riskiness
16. More likely, I may understate returns by excluding many emerging currencies (that performed especially well) as well as former EMU currencies
17. My one criticism of Swensen’s wonderful books is that they understate the time-varying nature of illiquidity premia (and generally rule out the benefits of market timing)
18. Back-tested strategies or factors that are rebalanced just once a year in December may over- or understate the efficacy of that factor or strategy and lead us to make mistakes in choosing the best factors for investment
19. I who had legal proof for every statement I made; I who was always careful to understate! Next, one press association after another ceased to send out my letter as news, though they had been doing so regularly for months
1. The benefits of exercise have been understated
2. He ran up all his mats for the light of the week, the dawn light illuminated understated wall hangings of story-knots, replicas of 4th century Thulian work
3. Her figure was very nice, but understated and youthful compared to Pneika or Huneen
4. Alan thought she was somewhat understated in her comments
5. It signifies tranquility and understated confidence
6. Thousands of 30-foot high marble bookshelves stood, dotted here and there in an understated, yet definite pattern
7. Humankind‘s capacity for mischief should never be understated
8. Sylvia hadn’t misled her about the balcony of La Hacienda: if anything, she had understated its height above the gorge
9. Venkatesh understated in everything, including clothes, was supporting Ramkumar
10. F flat nastiness is understated
11. The inventories of existing signs had also been understated, with only one inventory report that had been spot-checked in recent months
12. with the elegance that Torie exuded in her understated but breathtaking, above the knee,
13. Concealed lights, mirrors, luxurious and understated furnishings, chrome standard lamps, statues in niches, Persian carpets glowing richly on polished parquetry, and a grand piano looking perfectly at home in the centre of the wall opposite long windows that would have gazed over parkland during the day
14. Compared to his understated subtlety of movement, every dance I’d ever performed seemed, in memory, to have been coarse and clunky
15. Therefore be thou so comforted as to instruct thine inner sight to clearly see what I report despite Mine understated words
16. Here, on this world you must have the ability to kick a ball or skate fast to be famous, I find this quite sad and an understated waste
17. I am confident that if you do as she suggests, you will find that I have understated the case
18. The place was lavish, yet understated with its oriental rugs,
19. may have unrealistic expectations, or you may have understated your
20. His whole body felt warm and fuzzy as he came under her spell, her fragrance engulfed him, so delicate and understated
21. understated grace that downplayed her instinctive formality
22. Therefore, would it appear that Mussolini's influence and status has often been understated or perhaps not given any credit at all?
23. ‘’Actually, its reputation is understated in my opinion, sir
24. 'No, certainly not,' the UPS said, then paused for a moment, 'I may have slightly understated the potential of the Ray Guns,' it admitted
25. Robert’s soft black leather sectional and armchair, art deco reproduction lamps, and glass-topped end tables were understated enough that they didn't clash with the Victorian touches
26. “Why can it not be?” he asked in an understated monotone
27. His apartment was lavish with understated extravagance but still very much the domain of a highly eligible single male
28. A stroll! If his hopes were similar to mine the invitation was brilliantly understated
29. There is, rather, anarchy unto coalitions of violence and out of necessity cooperations tentatively treatied in our euphemistically understated crisis of conflicting interests
30. This was opulence! An understated,
31. The power of personal magnetism cannot be understated, for it will draw
32. Again, deep shit seemed so understated
33. Headlines range from "hit-you-in-the face" to more understated ones that don't
34. It was one of the newest hotels and while understated reflected its youth in the gleaming marble walls and energetic activity of the staff
35. understated than Pammi aunty’s necklaces that had precious stones and pearls
36. Godwyn knew at once that his fears were true, and reports that Saul Whitehead was doing a good job as prior of this cell were, if anything, understated
37. The drugs also became a convenient target for those who didn’t “believe” in mental healthcare or mental illness—or had been victims of substandard or outdated care when they needed help the most—and who focused their attacks on some of the understated side effects of the new medications (as if all drugs, new and old, weren’t supposed to have side effects) and the huge profits the drug companies were making, especially with “me-too” drugs
38. She was dressed in a black Hervé Léger bandage dress with an understated, million-dollar diamond necklace at her throat
39. I noted a subtle stripe in his suit that was understated yet defiantly different
40. Those army recruitment ads in the West that suggested a life in the army might teach you how to ski rather than stick people with bayonets seemed subtle and understated by comparison
41. In true Nightline fashion, we gave the event an understated title: “Does God Have a Future?”
42. Whereupon Mark, in his understated way, told me that he did
43. His contribution to our firm cannot be understated
44. From at least as early as 1999 and going into 2002, financial officers at the telecommunications company booked routine business costs as capital expenditures, which understated expenses and thus resulted in an overstatement of income by at least $9 billion
45. Hence they may readily be overstated or understated, in which case the final figure of reported earnings will be correspondingly distorted
46. As a result of this policy, the company somewhat understated its earnings for 1935 and 1936 but overstated them for 1937
47. In this exceptional case the net income for the six-year period 1933–1938 was understated, since amounts were actually taken out of income and turned over to surplus
48. In the light of this later disclosure, the earlier inference6 that American Can had understated its depreciation charges must give way to the remark that the company had failed to reveal the facts
49. “You understated,” I said
50. The luck of orphans is greatly understated by the press
1. However, this understates the potential damage and risk around these points
2. Consider a preholiday stretch when we expect light option demand and a “cash” volatility reading that understates real volatility
3. 75 percent, this estimate understates the true dividend payout
4. Smoothing understates measured volatility and overstates Sharpe ratios, and any risk measures that rely on correlations are further understated
5. For example, widespread pessimism about a stock can drive a price so low that it overstates the company's risks, and understates its prospects for returning to profitability
1. ’ He said deliberately seriously understating the case, ‘In the summer, I tend to get my breakfast and bring it up to eat in bed, and, on the odd occasion when I’ve been ill, it has been a great comfort to be able to see that lot from the bed
2. treasurer is sure) that the winemakers are understating
3. and understating that it went much deeper than holding hands
4. They agreed that my salary would be only $50k; whereas my end-of-the-year, under-the-table cash bonus would be $35k so as to defraud Dixie by understating my pay
5. then into themselves, and towards a more lucid understating
6. There is for our understating laws operating in this physical dimension which are called natural laws that are operating here on this planet (Earth)
7. �� Replied Brunet, understating his own reaction
8. gave a neutral reflection on Mort, understating his contributions to
9. 6 %, understating the ongoing
10. People often misinterpret understating their hopes/ or even self-worth to be modesty
11. “In this case, maybe a hunch is understating things
12. If anything, Merthin was understating
13. By over-or understating amortization and other reserve charges
14. Coincident with the issuance of seven shares of stock for one and the tripling of the cash-dividend rate in 1922, this policy of understating earnings was terminated
15. If these charges persist from year to year, it means that the company is understating its true operating costs
16. “Don’t you think you’re understating things a little?” I said without turning to him
17. Here I just make some observations:• Higher moment tradeoffs include peso problems and the greater likelihood, with asymmetric payoff strategies, that the historical track record is biased—overstating returns and understating risks when the rare bad event has not yet materialized in the sample
18. “She was a great help to me,” Marilyn concluded during a cocktail party at her new home, possibly understating Natasha’s importance in her life