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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
     Company's unaudited  Consolidated  Statement of Loss,  Consolidated Balance
     Sheet, and Consolidated  Statement of Cash Flows, in each case for the nine
     months ended September 30, 1996, and is qualified in its entirety by
     reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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