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<LEGEND>
         This Schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Company's  Condensed  Consolidated  Balance  Sheet  at  June  30,  1998  and the
Company's  Condensed  Consolidated  Statement of  Operations  for the Six Months
Ending June 30, 1998 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
financial statement.
</LEGEND>
       
                             
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