But those numbers belie an underlying variation in fund performance - particularly in equity funds - that made investing a significantly different experience in 1996 than it was in 1995.

Ms. Lieberman said the numbers of arrests belie the claim by the police that the increases are just a byproduct of more contacts.

The number of companies that have expressed a willingness to work with the Administration to balance commercial and law enforcement issues belies your pronouncement that our proposal is unworkable.

The high number of students planning to go to college belies the low expectations some have of the New York City school system.

"Their small numbers belie their actual economic importance because they employ many skilled engineers and technicians who command relatively high wages," she said.

"Blown Away" is only her fourth album, but that number belies her concrete-hard place in the country firmament, with a combination of vocal ambition and toughness that recalls a younger Martina McBride.

In interviews, American commanders have said the relatively unchanging number of deaths in Iraq from 2004 to 2005 belies the progress that had been made here against the guerrilla insurgency and in setting up democratic institutions.

The consistently increasing number of study-abroad participants belies an underlying problem with the system, though: the price.

Although his individual statistics are largely unimpressive - for his career, he has thrown only two more touchdowns than interceptions - those numbers belie his record.

Its new format is much more readable than older versions, and the relatively modest number of pages belies the fact that it is packed with information.