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<LEGEND>     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
             the quarter ended  December  30,  1998  Form  10-Q  Balance  Sheets
             and Statements of Operations  and is  qualified  in its entirety by
             reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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