<ARTICLE>     5
<LEGEND>  
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from our 
Form 10-Q for the twenty-six week period ended November 29, 1998, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>  
             
                                      
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