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<LEGEND>
              This Schedule contains summary financial information
              extracted from the consolidated Balance Sheets of Designs,
              Inc. as of July 31, 1999 and the Consolidated Statements of
              Income for the six months ending July 31, 1999 and is
              qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
              statements.
</LEGEND>
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