Based on the company's past estimates of tax liability, its total in taxes, interest and penalties could easily surpass a billion dollars.

But recently, the figure has been going up again; now the total has surpassed four million for the first time since 1964.

But both agree that this year's total will probably surpass 5,000.

At present, it appears unlikely that the combined total for stock and bond funds in 1996 will surpass 1993's $243.4 billion.

He estimated that this year's total has already surpassed last year's.

The official death toll in the cyclone was reported at 125,730 today, but newspapers said the total would probably surpass 225,000.

The global total for next year, if it is achieved, would surpass the record set in 2000 of $464.3 billion.

Last year at this time, the total had just surpassed $4 million.

In 2000, there were more than 50,000 centenarians, a 35 percent increase from 1990, and the bureau estimates the total will surpass 580,000 by 2040.

So the total for the week, including practice days, is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures.