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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 three
     months  ended  September  30,  1997,  and is  qualified  in its entirety by
     reference
     to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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