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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated statement of earnings, consolidated balance sheet and consolidated
statement of cash flows included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ending October 31, 1999, and is qualified in its entirety by reference
to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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