<ARTICLE>                     5
<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
unaudited financial statement of the Company for the six month period ended June
30, 1998 and should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in its
entirety by, the audited financial statements for the year ended December 31,
1997.
</LEGEND>
       
                                         
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