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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
Consolidated Balance Sheet and Consolidated Statement of Operations of the
Company as of and for the fiscal year ended December 30, 1998 and is qualified
in its entirety by reference to such statements.
</LEGEND>
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