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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the FORM
10-K of Spectravision, Inc. for the yearly period ended December 31, 1994 and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> SPECTRAVISION, INC.
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