<ARTICLE>              5
<LEGEND>                                       
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial  information   extracted  from  the
financial statements contained in the body of the accompanying  For  10-Q and is
qualified in it's entirety by reference to such financial statements
</LEGEND>                                      
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<PERIOD-START>                                      SEP-28-1998
<PERIOD-END>                                        DEC-26-1998
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