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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheets, consolidated statements of operations and
consolidated statements of cash flows found on pages 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the
Company's Form 10-Q for the nine months ended October 3, 1998, and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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