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<ARTICLE>                     5
<CIK>                         0000878146
<NAME>                        Dynamic Associates, Inc.


<LEGEND>
               This schedule  contains summary financial  information  extracted
               from Dynamic Associates, Inc. and Subsidiaries September 30, 1996
               financial   statements  and  is  qualified  in  its  entirety  by
               reference to such financial statements
[/LEGEND]

       

                                            
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<PERIOD-END>                                              SEP-30-1996
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