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<PERIOD-END>                               AUG-31-1996
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<FN>
<F1>This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheets, the Consolidated Statements of Income and the
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and is qualified in its entirety by 
reference to such financial statements.
<F2>The Company presents simple earnings per share (EPS) on the face of its income
statement as fully dilutive EPS.  The fully dilutive EPS is within 97% of
simple EPS. The figures presented above are simple EPS.
</FN>