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1. The importance of maintaining liquidity in investments cannot be overstated especially for retirees
2. overstated, considering the wound wasn't even
3. There has been a disturbing tendency in recent years to categorically broaden (read: create more poor people) descriptive statistics designed to either support or reject existing assumptions relating to poverty rates that are oftentimes overstated, unreliable, unsupported by fact and likely to provide biased conclusions about poverty, its definition, extent, causes and prognosis for the future
4. The power of Pretending cannot be overstated
5. American isolationism before World War II is greatly overstated
6. Some of those claims are greatly overstated
7. That panel of scientists then reported that, “…the agency had overstated the risks of dioxins and that its conclusions were not scientifically defensible and that it would not endorse its report
8. That panel of scientists then reported that, ―…the agency had overstated the risks of dioxins and that its conclusions were not scientifically defensible and that it would not endorse its report
9. outcome is, has been overstated
10. *It can’t be overstated how wonderfully affirming to a Christian this whole scene is
11. As it turns out however, these discrepancies are usually overstated
12. Protein quality is certainly an important issue, but it is one that has been enormously overstated and even distorted for marketing purposes
13. The amount of the radiation released wound up being overstated, but nerves weren’t calmed
14. to communicate with native speakers may never be overstated
15. Not only were the inventories overstated but the examination revealed:
16. (a) Assets generally to be grossly overstated
17. (e) Profits to be historically overstated
18. He overstated its significance in the creative state
19. Fitzherbert," the page says, reappearing from the closet with an overstated blue outfit that Eugene had noticed, but never worn
20. As I described it as the home to the country’s overstated
21. not in any way overstated to declare that Newton conspired to defraud science and moreover that he
22. He feels their optimism is wildly overstated
23. “I’d like to explain to you about the nature of your mother’s donation,” the woman on the phone said in a patient and consoling voice that reminded me of any number of the grief counselors, hospice volunteers, nurses, doctors, and morticians who had addressed me in the weeks during which my mother was dying and in the days after she died—a voice full of intentional, almost overstated compassion, which also communicated that in this, I was entirely alone
24. The psychological importance of having Don Hume in the boat can’t be overstated
25. But she had not overstated the case when saying that practical affairs were not her strong point
26. Hence they may readily be overstated or understated, in which case the final figure of reported earnings will be correspondingly distorted
27. As a result of this policy, the company somewhat understated its earnings for 1935 and 1936 but overstated them for 1937
28. If, to take a simple example, the president’s salary were paid for ten years in advance and the entire outlay charged against surplus as a “special expense,” it is clear that the profits of the ensuing period would thereby be overstated
29. The reported earnings for Tobacco Products common given as $11 per share are seen to have been overstated by about 50%
30. A comparison with Continental Can—which charged about the same amount against a much smaller plant investment—would have suggested that American Can’s earning power had been overstated
31. If the investment is not written off rapidly through depletion and other charges, the profit and the value of the property account will both be grossly overstated
32. 495 on accompanying CD), the reported earnings for the period were further overstated
33. ) Items 10 and 19 should also be examined to see if the earnings have been overstated by reason of inadequate maintenance or by the inclusion of unearned dividends from subsidiaries
34. WorldCom admitted in August 2002 that it had overstated its earnings by more than $7 billion
35. All told, Qwest’s revenues for 2000 and 2001 had been overstated by $2
36. 7 million in personal perks from NVF and Sharon, overstated Sharon’s pretax earnings by $13
37. These returns, too, are probably overstated by one to two percentage points
38. had overstated his faith in a Nolan’s word during his parlay with Adam
39. We on the other hand, take the depreciation figures used for tax purposes and try to translate those figures, overstated in terms of economic reality, into economic reality
40. Calculate how much book earnings are overstated or understated compared to current taxes
41. 7 million in 2005, which management overstated because actual charge-offs were $2
42. Reserve accounts are neither overstated nor understated
43. The point of the comparison is to evaluate how understated or overstated the earnings are for that period of time
44. The value of income insurance cannot be overstated! And when coupled with the All Seasons portfolio, you have quite a powerful combination
45. The rewards from simulated active strategies are often overstated due to overfitting or selection biases
46. Hedge fund managers have a reasonably attractive track record even collectively but critics argue that returns may be overstated and reflect poorly understood risks
47. The active funds and strategies that I study here had relatively high returns, perhaps overstated by selection biases
48. (To be fair, the strength of timing ability is overstated in the graph because I use hindsight, specifically in-sample knowledge of the range of E/P outcomes
49. Given the embedded options and perhaps longer maturities of Aaa-rated corporates, the graphed spreads may be overstated
50. However, the cash yield may be overstated because capex could well amount to more than 2%
