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<LEGEND>  This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted
from the quarter ended September 30, 1998 Form 10-Q Consolidated  Balance Sheets
and  Consolidated  Statements of  Operations  as of September  30, 1998,  and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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