Military spending in the Middle East as a whole increased by 4% last year, reaching an estimated $150bn.
It also beat the "Star Wars"' record of $124.7 million for the most lucrative single week at the box office, reaching an estimated $129.5 million by Thursday night.
The radio broadcast has introduced opera to millions of people, reaching an estimated 10 million listeners a year in 42 countries.
The company ran a 'buy one give one' campaign, in which every sale saw a unit sent to Haiti, reaching an estimated 50,000 people.
He says he is not surprised the torch relay that arrived in London this weekend has been such a hit around the country, reaching an estimated 10m people.
Sales of endowment policies in the 80s and pensions and with-profit bonds in the 90s saw it grow rapidly, reaching an estimated value of £18bn by 1999.
Its Expedition factory in Wayne, Mich., quickly generated more in overall profits than any factory in any industry, reaching an estimated $3.7 billion in pretax profits by 1998.
Sales of stock, bond and income mutual funds nearly doubled in 1986, reaching an estimated $211 billion, an industry group reported yesterday.
The ads, which start on Wednesday, will run in all 150 markets Clear Channel radio stations serve, reaching an estimated 237 million listeners each month.
The local television station broadcast Mr. Rideau's 20-minute filmed interrogation three times over two days, reaching an estimated 20,000 to 53,000 people each time.
However, the Mars landing site, where it is late summer, cooled off considerably in the evening, reaching an estimated low temperature of minus 90 Celsius (minus 130 Fahrenheit), said Smith.
