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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Statements of Operations and the Consolidated Balance Sheets and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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<PERIOD-END>                               OCT-29-1999             OCT-30-1998
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