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<LEGEND>

This schedule  contains  summary  information  extracted  from the  consolidated
balance  sheets  and  statements  of  operations  found  on  pages  17 and 18 of
Reinhold's 1998 Annual Report to Stockholders,  which is incorporated  herein by
reference.

</LEGEND>

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