EXHIBIT 12.1



Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(unaudited)



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|                                                                                 |  | Year Ended October 31, |        | Three Months Ended July 31, 2005 |   | Nine Months Ended July 31, 2005
|(amounts in thousands, except ratios)                                            |  | 2000                   |        | 2001                             |   |                                 | 2002 |  |   | 2003    |   |  | 2004 |         |  
|Consolidated pretax earnings from continuing operations before minority interest |  | $                      | 68,676 |                                  | $ | (270,355                        | )    |  | $ | (95,722 | ) |  | $    | (54,597 | ) |  | $ | 75,518 |  | $ | 10,570 |  | $ | 465,626
|Interest expense                                                                 |  |                        |       |                                  |   |                                |      |  |   |        |   |  |      |        |   |  |   | 992    |  |   | 750    |  |   | 2,250  
|Amortization of debt issuance costs                                              |  |                        |       |                                  |   |                                |      |  |   |        |   |  |      |        |   |  |   | 982    |  |   | 743    |  |   | 2,229  
|Interest portion of rental expense                                               |  |                        | 10,200 |                                  |   | 10,500                          |      |  |   | 8,700   |   |  |      | 7,200   |   |  |   | 6,440  |  |   | 1,676  |  |   | 5,161  
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|Earnings                                                                         |  | $                      | 78,876 |                                  | $ | (259,855                        | )    |  | $ | (87,022 | ) |  | $    | (47,397 | ) |  | $ | 83,932 |  | $ | 13,739 |  | $ | 475,266
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|Interest expense                                                                 |  | $                      |       |                                  | $ |                                |      |  | $ |        |   |  | $    |        |   |  | $ | 992    |  | $ | 750    |  | $ | 2,250  
|Amortization of debt issuance costs                                              |  |                        |       |                                  |   |                                |      |  |   |        |   |  |      |        |   |  |   | 982    |  |   | 743    |  |   | 2,229  
|Interest portion of rental expense                                               |  |                        | 10,200 |                                  |   | 10,500                          |      |  |   | 8,700   |   |  |      | 7,200   |   |  |   | 6,440  |  |   | 1,676  |  |   | 5,161  
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|Fixed charges                                                                    |  | $                      | 10,200 |                                  | $ | 10,500                          |      |  | $ | 8,700   |   |  | $    | 7,200   |   |  | $ | 8,414  |  | $ | 3,169  |  | $ | 9,640  
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                               |  |                        | 7.7    |                                  |   | (a)                             |      |  |   | (a)     |   |  |      | (a)     |   |  |   | 10.0   |  |   | 4.3    |  |   | 49.3   
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|(a) | Due to the loss in fiscal 2001, 2002, and 2003, the ratio coverage was less than 1:1 in each of those periods. The Company would have had to generate additional earnings of $259.9
million, $87.0 million, and $47.4 million in fiscal 2001, 2002, and 2003, respectively, to achieve a coverage of 1:1.
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