The estimates do not include people simply talking to one another.

Estimates of victims include 150, more than 250 and up to 1000.

The estimate, offered by several county officials, does not include benefits like health insurance.

But that lower estimate includes five years in which the estate tax is still on the books.

Again, this estimate does not include children who have speech/language problems secondary to other conditions.

The estimate does not include the indirect costs of smoking, such as time lost from work.

Foreign estimates of spending, they say, often include maintenance and support personnel not directly involved in research.

That $150 million estimate does not include other types of unpaid work.

But finding out what this estimate included was like pulling teeth.

There were no cost estimates included in the plan.