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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheet and consolidated statements of operations on pages 1
and 2 of the Company's 1997 Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 1997,
and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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