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<LEGEND>
                       The schedule contains summary financial information from
                       the  Registrant's   consolidated   condensed   financial
                       statements as of and for the nine months ended September
                       30, 1998,  and is qualified in its entirety by reference
                       to such consolidated financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>                                         ALL AMERICAN SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
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