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   <LEGEND>
   Note:  This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from
   the Form 10-Q for the Quarter Ended September 30, 1997 and is qualified in
   its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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   <CIK>  0001027574
   <NAME>  Outsourcing Solutions Inc.
          
                                
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