<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
consolidated  balance sheets and consolidated  statements of income contained in
Tandy  Corporation's  10-K and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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