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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
     consolidated   balance   sheet,   consolidated   statement  of  income  and
     consolidated  statement of cash flows  included in the Company's  Form 10-Q
     for the period  ended March 31,  1999,  and is qualified in its entirety by
     reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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