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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
Condensed  Consolidated  Financial  Statements  of the  Registrant  for the nine
months ended September 30, 1999 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
such Condensed  Consolidated  Financial Statements contained in the Registrant's
quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1999.

</LEGEND>
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