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<LEGEND>
This exhibit contains summary financial information extracted from the March 31,
1999, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and Condensed Consolidated Statement
of Operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 1999, and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such financial statements and the footnotes
thereto.
</LEGEND>
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