8/98Amount British Nuclear Fuels paid the British Scouts last year to add its logo to their scientist badge: $49,776

British Nuclear Fuels (Warrington, U.K.)

4/86Value of British government assets Prime Minister Thatcher has sold since 1979: $20,000,000,000

British Consulate (New York City)

9/86Days spent on strike by British workers in 1979: 29,474,000

Department of Employment (London)

    In 1985: 6,372,000

Department of Employment (London)

2/88Dollars bought by Japan, Germany, and Britain in 1987 to support the currency’s value: 78,000,000,000

Institute for International Economics (Washington, D.C.)

4/91Amount the British Boy Scouts have earned since 1988 by selling corporate advertising space on merit badges: $500,000

Scout Association of the United Kingdom (London)