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<LEGEND>

This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of operations, and
consolidated statement of cash flows included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the
period ending September 30, 1999, and is qualified in its entirety
by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>

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