1.   He declined to specify an amount, though one Senate aide said long-range estimates run in the billions of dollars.

2.   Richard A. Wells, the tribal administrator, said that while there were no injuries, preliminary damage estimates run into the millions of dollars.

3.   There is no accurate tally of how many land mines are scattered throughout Kosovo but some estimates run to the tens of thousands.

4.   Damage estimates run into the billions of dollars.

5.   Most estimates run in the thousands.

6.   Other estimates have run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.

7.   The army also says several hundred of its soldiers have been killed, although independent estimates run much higher.

8.   The exact number of animals that have perished or been hurt was not known, but estimates ran in the thousands.

9.   As a result, even party leaders do not know how many members there are, although estimates run to several hundred thousands.