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	FTD - Understatement of Export Merchandise Trade Data
		Our best estimate is that the understatement ranges from 3 to 7 percent of the published export value, but could be as high as 10 percent.
		The major causes of this understatement are changing trade patterns, which have increased the number of companies exporting, including many small companies; the boom in the small package/air courier trade, which has increased the proportion of shipments below the reporting threshold, failure of some companies to file, reporting errors and intentional fraud.
		These sources indicate that export understatement may be somewhat higher than the partner studies and port audits indicated, particularly in certain situations, most notably the international undervaluation of exports to countries with high import duties.
	www.census.gov /foreign-trade/aip/expunder2.html (2841 words)

	US CODE: Title 26,6694. Understatement of taxpayer’s liability by income tax return preparer
		The running of the period of limitations provided in section 6502 on the collection by levy or by a proceeding in court in respect of any penalty described in paragraph (1) shall be suspended for the period during which the Secretary is prohibited from collecting by levy or a proceeding in court.
		For purposes of this section, the term “understatement of liability” means any understatement of the net amount payable with respect to any tax imposed by subtitle A or any overstatement of the net amount creditable or refundable with respect to any such tax.
		Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the determination of whether or not there is an understatement of liability shall be made without regard to any administrative or judicial action involving the taxpayer.
	www4.law.cornell.edu /uscode/26/6694.html (526 words)

	CD Baby: FOUL AL: Understatement
		Understatement is an album to listen to from start to finish.
		Understatement has to be one of the best rap albums out right now.I don't even listen to rap but this hip hop!
		Understatement is hot, that single mother song has to be on the radio.The best thing about Foul AL is that he does not curse.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/foulal?cdbaby=3ac60419576231685c2985aa2fe41dac (666 words)

	Understatement of Auto Operation Costs by AAA
		For a 2001 Honda Accord, the difference in resale value between a car with 10,000 miles and 20,000 miles is 18 cents per mile (according to kelly blue book--see info at end of message for specs used and calcs).
		Thus, the true cost of operating this vehicle is about two and a half times what an owner would conclude from the AAA table, and the cost of letting it just sit is less by an equal amount.
		In the case of 1996 cars the understatement is less severe, but still significant; I estimate that it is about 40%.
	www.oasisdesign.net /transport/cars/depreciation.htm (635 words)

	Understatement Gifts
		Related topics: untruths, understatements, understatement, understating, untruth, liars, liar, lying, estate agents, estate agent,
		Related topics: references, reference, understatements, understatement, employers, employer, uncomplimentary, back-handed compliments, insults, insult,
		There are more than 10 "understatement" cartoons click here to view the full selection.
	www.cartoonstock.com /directory/u/understatement_gifts.asp (974 words)

	Language Log: Overstating understatement
		The rhetorical trope in play is a routine one: "To describe X as P is an understatement", where P is some scalar evaluative predicate.
		In either case, the point is that X has property P to an extreme degree, perhaps even to the point where some other description, on beyond P on the same scale, should be used instead.
		The point is emphasized by making it metalinguistically, stepping outside the descriptive flow to comment explicitly on the terminology to be used, thus suggesting that the author is choosing words with special care.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001101.html (1139 words)

	Understatement ~ NakedTranslations.com ~ website of professional English to French translator Céline Graciet
		This use of understatement during a potentially life-threatening situation is, in my experience, typical of British people and something that you're very unlikely to learn at school or from a text book.
		Because understatement is a way of life, a way of looking at the world.
		As French people don’t use understatements quite as extensively as British people do, they might not understand that the person actually meant, “We've completely missed the airport, this is scary" and think it a very odd thing to say.
	www.nakedtranslations.com /en/2004/01/000046.php (1019 words)

	Penalties: Abusive Tax Shelters and Transactions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The penalty is not imposed on the portion of the understatement relating to an item that is subject to the reportable transaction understatement penalty (CRandTC section 19773) or the noneconomic substance transaction understatement penalty (CRandTC section 19774).
		This new penalty is imposed for an understatement attributable to any transaction that lacks economic substance.
		Any part of any understatement of liability, with respect to any return or claim for refund, is due to a position where there is no reasonable belief that the tax treatment in the position was more likely than not the proper treatment.
	www.ftb.ca.gov /law/tax_shelter/penalties.html (2436 words)

	Revenue: Understatement of Tax
		An understatement of tax is generally the difference between the total amount of tax that should have been shown on your return, and the amount of tax that was actually shown on your return.
		You may qualify for partial relief if, at the time you filed your return, you knew or had reason to know, that there was an understatement of tax due to your spouse’s erroneous items, but you did not know how large the understatement was.
		You will be relieved of the understatement to the extent you did not know about it and had no reason to know about it.
	www.revenue.state.pa.us /revenue/cwp/view.asp?A=299&Q=207875 (290 words)

	Understatement and the Kuleshov Effect in Kubrick's 2001
		In the case of Poole's questioning the operational record of the 9000 series, the impatience is coupled with suspicion and even muted animosity.
		The point is, he's acting like a human, so we ascribe human emotions to him, even though he cannot and does not express them in the slightest bit beyond toneless verbiage.
		I would also say that Kubrick is deliberately understating the astronauts' reactions, in keeping with the tone of the film.
	www.ambiguous.org /robin/word/kuleshov.html (2859 words)

	Understatement Cartoons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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	www.cartoonstock.com /directory/u/understatement.asp (723 words)

	Cambridge Dictionaries Online - Cambridge University Press
		The company was accused of understating potential side effects of the drug.
		The apartment was luxurious but furnished in a tastefully understated way.
		To say I was confused is an understatement -- I hadn't the slightest idea what to do.
	dictionary.cambridge.org /results.asp?dict=A&searchword=understatement (74 words)

	purevolume™ \| Understatement (PA)
		Understatement is a punk/rock band from philly who got their start in 2002.
		We play our music witha passion and it shows when we play live, check out our site where you can hear more of our songs and see what we are all about, let us know what you tink.
		All songs, lyrics and pictures © 2005 Understatement (PA).
	www.purevolume.com /understatementpa (83 words)

	Architectural Review, The: Art of understatement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A finely honed extension to a gallery in the American Midwest revitalises the original building, not only as a place for displaying art, but also as an important civic amenity.
		The street along the east entrance facade of the original building, which had been closed for a number of years, has been reinstated and parking relocated.
		Placing the new entrance on the same facade as the old and organising vehicular circulation and parking to serve both has brought the portico back into regular use.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_n1182_v198/ai_17406253 (1400 words)

	Bench show 'Understatement' of the year - INQ7.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		All in all, the Bench "Understatement" show was truly a feast for the senses.
		With their playful and provocative moves, the models made quite a "passion statement" about how to be sensuous and sexy.
		Speaking of the "Understatement" fashion show, I heard that a guy pretended to be a security guard checking the dressing room.
	news.inq7.net /entertainment/index.php?index=2&story_id=6371&col=27 (863 words)

	Poynter Online - Focusing on the Power of Understatement
		To highlight the difference between realism and understatement, we only have to study two movies created by the same director, Steven Spielberg.
		Rather than try to describe the indescribable, the director uses the recurring image of a single child in a red dress, whose plight we follow throughout the fl and white movie.
		As bodies are recovered in the days ahead, there will be opportunities to capture the effects of terrorism with graphic realism.
	www.poynter.org /content/content_view.asp?id=6329 (353 words)

	Blogs / Weblogs in Higher Education
		One thing I notice about his work is that it is both wild and imaginative and stunningly understated.
		In The Dancing he refers very quietly, very respectfully, to one of the most profoundly troubling episodes of human cruelty in history as "that other dancing." This phrase sets up an immensely powerful ending that I will not ruin by naming here.
		I bring this up because I wonder if our daily web work is likely to be at its best writing big and loud, and if we will often fail to achieve that quieter kind of writing and lose the power and insight made possible through understatement.
	www.mchron.net /site/edublog.php?id=P2658 (221 words)

	Lawyers, Guns and Money: Understatement
		The Times retains its capacity for tasteful understatement:
		On Friday, the Army is expected to announce that it met only 75 percent of its recruiting goal for May, the fourth consecutive monthly shortfall in the number of new recruits sent to basic training.
		It's good to know that the news could have appeared worse.
	lefarkins.blogspot.com /2005/06/understatement.html (100 words)

	Understatement: StreetWrites Workshop Writing Exercises (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Like irony, understatement conveys a reality different from and usually opposite to appearance or expectation.
		When a man comes home to find his wife being chased around the living room by a hockey-masked madman wielding an axe and the man asks, "Shall I fix my own dinner then, dear?" that is a form of understatement.
		All contents and images are created and copyrighted by Anitra Freeman, except quotes from published material, which are attributed to the author and used only for educational purposes.
	anitraweb.org /write/exercises/understatement.html (264 words)

	Underwhelming Understatement: A Plea for Persona in Jazz Vocals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		These singers are not afraid to make a “mistake” or wrinkle a few feathers; they seemed most focused on forwarding their art.
		Without humor, sex, charm, heat, warmth, adventure, subtlety and understatement don’t leave one with very much substance.
		But they should start seeking an identity, lest they veer into a space where only the devoted coterie of folks committed to the parenthetically understated become their cult.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=2163 (1274 words)

	Annoyances.org - re: A Master of The Understatement (Windows XP Discussion Forum) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Annoyances.org - re: A Master of The Understatement (Windows XP Discussion Forum)
		I wonder if ol' Ballmer was as excited delivering that speech as he was giving this one...
		Please do not plagiarize; redistributing these pages without permission is strictly prohibited.
	www.annoyances.org /exec/forum/winxp/1063742841 (73 words)

	Understatement DVD Format
		Regal Multimedia is pleased to make available the VCD and DVD of the sexiest, most requested show of the season, the longer and uncut version of UNDERSTATEMENT: The Bench Underwear & Denim Fashion Show.
		UNDERSTATEMENT presents a jaw-dropping number of sexy stars like Richard Gomez, Wendell Ramos, Richard Gutierrez, Rica Peralejo, John Prats, Alessandra de Rossi, Marc Nelson, Lucy Torres-Gomez, Geneva Cruz, Diether Ocampo, and dozens more as they model the amazing creations of Bench mogul Ben Chan.
		Youll also be taken backstage to see how the extravagant UNDERSTATEMENT was mounted, from conceptualization & auditions, all the way to rehearsal & show time!
	www.pilipinosuperstore.com /pilipinosuperstore/undvdfo.html (312 words)

	Understatement - English Language Forum (ESL)
		I'm not keen on doing students' homework for them when they really should be thinking for themselves, but this should help:
		The opposite of hyperbole, understatement is used to make something appear smaller or less important than it really is. It can be used to entertain or to reduce the importance of the truth.
		Can you think of some examples of understatement?
	www.usingenglish.com /forum/ask-teacher/1929-understatement.html (302 words)

	Unbeknownst to Me: Yikes (an Understatement) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BE Usually the government saves these sorts of lurid descriptions for overstatements of the latest drug scourge.
		Here's hoping this is hyperbole--but having been through hurricane Hugo, I'm afraid there will be areas of the coast for whom this is understatement.
		Prepare to give a few bucks to the Red Cross or other relief agency--there will likely be people needing it.
	www.sfsmith.com /blog/archives/000299.html (230 words)

	boblog: understatement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		If only I'd read it before setting out for work - the advice about staying out of arguments would have come in handy.
		Listed below are links to weblogs that reference understatement:
		Oh I do so want one of the mood hanging things for my classroom door.
	kirsty.typepad.com /boblog/2005/09/understatement.html (168 words)

	CNN.com - MTV: Rewinding 20 years of music revolution - August 1, 2001
		It defined pop culture for us at that time."
		To say MTV changed the music business is an understatement.
		New acts and artists including Duran Duran, Billy Idol, Boy George, Cyndi Lauper, U2 and Madonna took advantage of their memorable looks and onscreen presence to lure viewers into their songs and launch music careers that still are going today.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/31/mtv.20 (1352 words)

	Whiskey Bar: Masters of Understatement, Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Whiskey Bar: Masters of Understatement, Part II Masters of Understatement, Part II "There seems to be a diminished appetite in the short term" for dealing with a Social Security overhaul, Bush said with a dash of resignation.NewsdayBush Says Social Security Overhaul Is StalledOctober 5, 2005 "Despite the best that has been done...
		Masters of Understatement, Part II "There seems to be a diminished appetite in the short term" for dealing with a Social Security overhaul, Bush said with a dash of resignation.
		Posted by billmon at October 5, 2005 09:48 AM
	billmon.org /archives/002226.html (110 words)

	Rodrigo A. Sepúlveda Schulz: British understatement
		I guess he had a vision well before Steve Jobs ?
		Listed below are links to weblogs that reference British understatement:
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	rodrigo.typepad.com /english/2005/09/british_underst.html (288 words)

	Roger L. Simon: Some British Understatement
		Talk about selling the rope you'll hang from.
		Well, the British statement may be an understatement, but at least they are saying something...
		I feel the Bush administration is entirely feckless in this area at the present time.
	www.rogerlsimon.com /mt-archives/2005/07/some_british_un.php (4372 words)

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