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<LEGEND>
This Schedule contains Summary Financial Information extracted from
the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed
consolidated statements of operations filed with Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended September 30, 1998, and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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