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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated balance sheets,  consolidated statements of income and consolidated
statements of cash flows included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the three month
period  ended March 31,  1997,  and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements and the notes thereto.
</LEGEND>
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