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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
     Company's  unaudited  Consolidated  Statement of  Operations,  Consolidated
     Balance Sheet, and  Consolidated  Statement of Cash Flows, in each case for
     the six months  ended June 30,  2000,  and is  qualified in its entirety by
     reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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