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<LEGEND>
         This Exhibit contains summary financial  information extracted from the
         Registrant's unaudited consolidated financial statements for the period
         ended March 31, 1998,  and is qualified in its entirety by reference to
         such financial  statements.  This Exhibit shall not be deemed filed for
         purposes of Section 11 of the  Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of
         the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  or  otherwise  subject  to the
         liability of such sections,  nor shall it be deemed a part of any other
         filing which  incorporates this report by reference,  unless such other
         filing expressly incorporates this Exhibit by reference.
</LEGEND>
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