Facts on File Inc., which publishes encyclopedias on everything from geography to natural sciences to American business, has set a $100,000 promotional budget to publicize its forthcoming "Encyclopedia of the 20th Century," a 1,000-page reference book with almost 10,000 entries and a retail price of $79.95.

You can find classified information about conifers species and cultivars in new forthcoming Encyclopedia of Conifers.

Philip Mattar, editor of the forthcoming Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (Facts on File Inc.) and the author of "The Mufti of Jerusalem" (Columbia University Press, 1995), went even further.

He is co-editor of a forthcoming historical encyclopedia of alcohol and drugs in North America and is writing a monograph on the politics of drink in England from Gladstone to Lloyd George, with emphasis on comparative perspectives.

The "Omega Test" entry in Springer's forthcoming Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing describes the applications and algorithms of the Omega Library, indicating the major Omega Project publications where further detail can be found.

Mr. Milner, who lives in Manhattan, supports himself with the earnings from his shows and his writing, including his forthcoming encyclopedia, "Darwin's Universe: Evolution From A to Z."

Two weeks later a Goodyear blimp dropped a bundle of newspapers, but it failed in an attempt to dock in near-perfect conditions the next day, according to the forthcoming Encyclopedia of New York City (Yale University Press, 1995).

Marc Mappen, a historian at Rutgers University and co-editor of the forthcoming Encyclopedia of New Jersey, summarizes Mr. Karcher's message this way: "We have a big problem in our state.

"The goal was a good one, but that shouldn't have been the only thing they were trying to achieve," said Kenneth T. Jackson, professor of history at Columbia University, who is the editor in chief of the forthcoming "Encyclopedia of New York City."