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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
     Company's  balance  sheets and related  statements  of  operations  for the
     period  ended  December  31,  1997  and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by
     reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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