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...some markets in the Zelman analysis come up as underpriced (Indianapolis and Dallas, among them). But in a way, that doesn't matter. "In a lot of places, I think, housing is fairly valued, but we overshot on the way up, and it's very likely we'll undershoot quite a bit on the way down," says Patrick Newport, an economist at the analytics shop IHS Global Insight. His firm's forecast is for another 10% to 15% drop in NAR's median sales price before things start turning around next year - and that's assuming the economy begins growing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Housing Prices Keep Dropping. And They're Not Done Yet | 1/28/2009 | See Source »

...soon they’re facing a high-level conspiracy, a ruthless military dictator, and the threat of unimaginable ecological disaster. As our fearless crusaders scramble to save the world from certain apocalypse, high-paced action sequences ensue. So shotty plot work aside, how does Sahara manage to undershoot even mediocre...

Author: By Aleksandra S. Stankovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Sahara | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

Possibly he hadn't tried hard enough. The others entertained ambitions--intellectual ambitions, athletic ambitions, social and political ambitions--and those who entertain ambitions undershoot the mark a good sixty-two percent of the time. This is the real key to dejection, but a key Falstaff never held. He simply didn't desire. He didn't care to. He really didn't care...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: Togetherness | 11/18/1958 | See Source »

Effect. War being what it is, War II's propaganda emphasizing isolated horrors seemed likely to undershoot the mark. The generation of 1914 had little comprehension of war's atrociousness. It was consequently more receptive to "atrocity" tales than the generation of 1939, shocked by one war after another during the 20-year "peace," could possibly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fact & Fiction | 9/18/1939 | See Source »

...joint concert at Detroit last week, Eva Gautbier, soprano, and E. Robert Schmitz, pianist. Both of these artists are notable for giving novel and even startling programs in which the shocks of modernistic composition are prominent. Their list of songs and piano pieces in Detroit did not undershoot expectations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Detroit | 4/28/1923 | See Source »

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