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Satan's rebellion arises in no small measure from an over-estimation of the importance of existents and a rejection of those aspects of his relationship with God to be affirmed through belief: the unobservable act of his own creation; and the benevolence of the Son's vicegerent rule, which he takes to be an expression of divine authoritarianism.
Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011
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Despite our over-estimation of the numbers on the graph it should be apparent there is only moderate warming potential from carbon dioxide emissions.
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Satan's rebellion arises in no small measure from an over-estimation of the importance of existents and a rejection of those aspects of his relationship with God to be affirmed through belief: the unobservable act of his own creation; and the benevolence of the Son's vicegerent rule, which he takes to be an expression of divine authoritarianism.
Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011
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Anti-slavery International said the figures represents an underestimation of the problem of trafficking while the English Collective of Prostitutes said the statistics were an over-estimation and claimed that law enforcement agencies use fear of trafficking as a premise for raiding brothels and prosecuting sex workers for lesser offences.
UK brothel users escape crackdown on forced prostitution 2010
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The whiny voice and convoluted over-estimation of his own machismo is now dead to me.
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Now, that over-estimation took its toll, of course, on valuations.
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Having grumbled last night about what I see as the over-estimation of Caroline's endorsement, I thought I'd chime in here to say that, by contrast, I DO think this endorsement is impressive.
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One of the reasons there was over-estimation of the HIV/AIDS figures was to command huge resources and find jobs for campaigners.
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It looks like the comparison to the Hiroshima bomb was probably an over-estimation:
More on that Norwegian meteorite... Edward Willett 2006
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It looks like the comparison to the Hiroshima bomb was probably an over-estimation:
Archive 2006-06-11 Edward Willett 2006
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