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<LEGEND>
     This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations on pages
three through five of the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended May 18,
1996 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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