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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
condensed consolidated statements of earnings and condensed consolidated
balance sheets on pages 2 and 4 of the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ending September 30, 1995, and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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