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FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVSTMT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DSCRETN MANAGERS SOLE SHARED NONE
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Air Express Int'l COM 009104100 7527 497623 SH SOLE 497623
Berkshire Hathaway B COM 084670207 6921 2944 SH SOLE 2944
Claire's Stores COM 179584107 3068 101852 SH SOLE 101852
Clayton Homes Inc. COM 184190106 8073 725694 SH SOLE 725694
Conseco COM 208464107 14819 479959 SH SOLE 479959
Cordant Technologies COM 218412104 3680 92431 SH SOLE 92431
Countrywide Credit COM 222372104 10971 292563 SH SOLE 292563
Crane Co COM 224399105 4827 199546 SH SOLE 199546
Dentsply International COM 249030107 6614 284485 SH SOLE 284485
Household Int'l COM 441815107 20319 445357 SH SOLE 445357
Kaydon Corp COM 486587108 14126 488151 SH SOLE 488151
Leggett & Platt COM 524660107 7308 365390 SH SOLE 365390
MBIA Inc. COM 55262c100 17890 308454 SH SOLE 308454
MGIC Invt Corp COM 552848103 10416 297058 SH SOLE 297058
Oakwood Homes COM 674098108 8696 621142 SH SOLE 621142
Philip Morris COM 718154107 7310 208858 SH SOLE 208858
Ross Stores COM 778296103 17254 393823 SH SOLE 393823
SLM Holding Corp COM 78442A109 7642 183041 SH SOLE 183041
Stewart Ent. 'A' COM 860370105 6796 423126 SH SOLE 423126
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 3832 30670 SH SOLE 30670
Sundstrand COM 867323107 14949 215093 SH SOLE 215093
Sybron Int'l. COM 87114F106 1565 62603 SH SOLE 62603
The Learning Co COM 522008101 7536 259862 SH SOLE 259862
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