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This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income and Condensed Consolidated Balance
Sheet of the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period
ended March 31, 1995, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such
financial statements.
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