The preliminary estimate is lower than what was expected. But I think it's important to look behind the numbers.

preliminary assessment of the economic impact of the hurricane.

Results missed our estimate of $5.07, reflecting higher operating costs than we expected and lower throughputs than expected.

The president's focused on moving forward on our agenda. He doesn't get caught up in the weekly poll numbers.

The overall numbers were lower than anticipated. Quite a few of the candidates had to be contacted by the search firm. With that being said, quite a few of the candidates are qualified.

I think the most important point of this preliminary study is that obese individuals may have a lower threshold for pain [possibly due to chronic inflammation associated with obesity], which is not evident if we rely solely on self-report of pain.