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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of income on pages 22
and 23 of the Company's 2000 Annual Report to Stockholders and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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