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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of November 28, 1998 and the Consolidated
Statement of Earnings for the nine months ended November 28, 1998, and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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