SECOND AMENDMENT

                   AMENDMENT  dated as of  August 6,  1996  (this  "Amendment"),
among TWS  FUNDING,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the  "Borrower"),  FLAGSTAR
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Flagstar"), and each financial institution
executing this Amendment as a "Lender" (each, a "Lender").

                  PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

                  1.  The  Borrower,   Flagstar  and  the  Lender  Parties,  the
Co-Administrative  Agents and the Funding Agent referred to therein have entered
into a Second Amended and Restated Credit  Agreement dated as of April 10, 1996,
as  amended  by the  Amendment  and  Consent  dated as of July  18,  1996 (as so
amended, the "Credit Agreement";  the terms defined therein being used herein as
therein defined unless otherwise defined herein).

                  2. The Borrower, Flagstar and the Lenders have agreed to amend
Section  5.02(b)(i)(F)  of the Credit Agreement to limit the principal amount of
Debt permitted thereunder.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration of the premises and of the
mutual  covenants and  agreements  contained  herein,  the parties hereto hereby
agree as follows:

                  SECTION  1.  Amendment  to  the  Credit   Agreement.   Section
5.02(b)(i)(F)  of the Credit  Agreement is,  effective as of the date hereof and
subject to the  satisfaction  of the condition  precedent set forth in Section 2
hereof,  hereby  amended  by adding  immediately  after  the word  "funds" a new
proviso to read as follows:  "provided  that the aggregate  principal  amount of
such Debt shall not exceed $22,150,000 at any time outstanding".

                  SECTION 2. Condition of  Effectiveness.  This Amendment  shall
become  effective  when,  and only when the Funding  Agent  shall have  received
counterparts  of this  Amendment  executed  by the  Borrower,  Flagstar  and the
Required  Lenders  or,  as to any of the  Lenders,  advice  satisfactory  to the
Funding Agent that such Lenders have executed this Amendment.

                  SECTION 3. Reference to and Effect on the Loan Documents.  (a)
Upon the  effectiveness  hereof,  on and after the date hereof each reference in
the Credit Agreement to "this Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of like
import  referring to the Credit  Agreement and each  reference in the other Loan
Documents  to the Credit  Agreement,  "thereunder",  "thereof"  or words of like
import  referring to the Credit  Agreement  shall mean and be a reference to the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

                  (b) Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement
is and  shall  continue  to be in full  force  and  effect  and is hereby in all
respects ratified and confirmed.





                  SECTION 4. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

                  SECTION 5.  Execution in  Counterparts.  This Amendment may be
executed  in any  number of  counterparts  and by  different  parties  hereto in
separate  counterparts,  each of which when so executed and  delivered  shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken  together  shall  constitute but
one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed  counterpart of a signature
page to this  Amendment  by  telecopier  shall be  effective  as  delivery  of a
manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.




                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto  have  caused  this
Amendment to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized,
as of the date first above written.

Borrowers


                                    TWS FUNDING, INC.


                                    By:
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                                        Title:  Vice President and Treasurer


                                    FLAGSTAR CORPORATION


                                    By:
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                                        Title:  Vice President and Treasurer


Lenders

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                                        [Print or type name of institution]



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