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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheet, consolidated statement of operations and
consolidated statement of cash flows included in the Company's Form 10-Q for the
period ending April 28, 1996, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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