EXHIBIT 23
 
                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
 
    As independent public accountants, we hereby consent to the use of our
reports and to all references to our Firm included in or made a part of this
Form 10K, into the Company's previously filed Registration Statement File Nos.
333-27503.
 
                                          ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
 
Boston, Massachusetts
June 13, 1997