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<LEGEND>
                                        This schedule contains summary financial
                                     information extracted from the Consolidated
                                    Balance Sheets (Unaudited) as of May 4, 1997
                                       and November 3, 1996 and the Consolidated
                                        Statements of Income (Unaudited) for the
                                   quarters ended May 4, 1997 and April 28, 1996
                                      contained in the Form 10-Q for the quarter
                                      ended May 4, 1997, and is qualified in its
                             entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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