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<LEGEND>I
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
unaudited financial statements of Toups Technology Licensing, Incorporated dated
September  30,  1998 and is  qualified  in its  entirety  by  reference  to such
financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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