A spokesman for the boycott group, H. T. Smith, a lawyer, estimated that the campaign has cost the area $27 million in convention business.

In New Jersey, that could amount to $20 million a year, a spokesman for the Medical Society estimated.

A spokesman for the California Avocado Commission estimated that 20 percent of the state's crop had been lost.

A spokesman for the Forest Service estimated the forest would refoliate within six months.

A spokesman for the university, Walter Wager, estimated that 8 percent of the 3,800 full-time and part-time students would be affected.

One spokesman estimated that the tribunal could only handle about 20 trials a year.

A spokesman estimated yesterday that the lines would bring in $100 million in retail sales over five years.

A spokesman for Unilever estimated the company's worldwide personal-products sales at $6 billion.

A spokesman for the Lubavitch movement estimated the crowd at 12,000; while the police estimated it at 5,000.

A spokesman for the Federal Reserve estimated yesterday that 13 such applications had been approved, and that one was pending.