<ARTICLE> 5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains restated Summary Financial Information as a result of a
pooling of interest and is extracted from the Balance Sheet, Statement of
Operation and Statement of Cash Flows included in the Company's Form 8-K report
dated February 19, 1998, for the period ending October 31, 1996 and October 31,
1997, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial 
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END>                          OCT-31-1997             OCT-31-1997             OCT-31-1997             OCT-31-1998
<PERIOD-START>                             NOV-01-1996             FEB-01-1997             MAY-01-1997             NOV-01-1997
<PERIOD-END>                               JAN-31-1997             APR-30-1997             JUL-31-1997             JAN-31-1998
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<SALES>                                         63,673                  97,603                 121,845                 145,092
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