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          <LEGEND>                      THIS   SCHEDULE  CONTAINS   SUMMARY
                                        FINANCIAL   INFORMATION   EXTRACTED
                                        FROM     Balance     Sheets      at
                                        September 30,   1996    and   1997;
                                        Statements  of  Operations  for the
                                        year ended  December 31, 1995,  the
                                        fiscal       nine-months      ended
                                        September 30,  1996,  and  the year
                                        ended      September 30,      1997;
                                        Statements of  Stockholders' Equity
                                        for  the  year  ended  December 31,
                                        1995, the fiscal  nine-months ended
                                        September 30,  1996  and  the  year
                                        ended   September 30,   1997;   the
                                        Statements  of Cash  Flows for  the
                                        year ended  December 31, 1995,  the
                                        fiscal       nine-months      ended
                                        September 30,  1996  and  the  year
                                        ended  September 30,  1997  AND  IS
                                        QUALIFIED   IN   ITS   ENTIRETY  BY
                                        REFERENCE    TO    SUCH   FINANCIAL
                                        STATEMENTS AND THE NOTES THERETO 
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          <PERIOD-TYPE>                 YEAR
          <FISCAL-YEAR-END>             OCT-03-1997
          <PERIOD-END>                  OCT-03-1997
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          <SECURITIES>                  0
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          <ALLOWANCES>                  196
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          <PREFERRED-MANDATORY>         0
          <PREFERRED>                   0
          <COMMON>                      11
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          <INTEREST-EXPENSE>            10119
          <INCOME-PRETAX>               8127
          <INCOME-TAX>                  3070
          <INCOME-CONTINUING>           5057
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