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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
condensed  consolidated  financial  statements  (unaudited)  and  notes  to  the
condensed  consolidated  financial  statements for the  nine-month  period ended
September  30, 2000 and is  qualified  in its entirety by reference to such Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999, filed on April 14, 2000.
</LEGEND>
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