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<LEGEND>
These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended March 31, 1997.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> MRS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
       
                             
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