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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 10247 403818 SH SOLE 403818
Berkshire Hathaway B COM 084670207 6268 2798 SH SOLE 2798
Claire's Stores COM 179584107 1749 67768 SH SOLE 67768
Clayton Homes Inc. COM 184190106 7712 674296 SH SOLE 674296
Conseco COM 208464107 15510 509569 SH SOLE 509569
Cordant Technologies COM 218412104 576 12754 SH SOLE 12754
Countrywide Credit COM 222372104 13159 307816 SH SOLE 307816
Crane Co COM 224399105 6990 222346 SH SOLE 222346
Dentsply International COM 249030107 9969 345257 SH SOLE 345257
Franklin Resources COM 354613101 2731 67218 SH SOLE 67218
Fremont General Corp. COM 357288109 7468 395678 SH SOLE 395678
Household Int'l COM 441815107 19783 417589 SH SOLE 417589
Kaydon Corp COM 486587108 14793 439932 SH SOLE 439932
Leggett & Platt COM 524660107 11409 410219 SH SOLE 410219
MBIA Inc. COM 55262c100 14988 231470 SH SOLE 231470
MGIC Invt Corp COM 552848103 12339 253767 SH SOLE 253767
Oakwood Homes COM 674098108 6079 463193 SH SOLE 463193
Philip Morris COM 718154107 7834 194938 SH SOLE 194938
Robert Half Int'l COM 770323103 13302 515336 SH SOLE 515336
Ross Stores COM 778296103 18907 375322 SH SOLE 375322
SLM Holding Corp COM 78442A109 8678 189426 SH SOLE 189426
Sara Lee COM 803111103 6998 308446 SH SOLE 308446
Stewart Ent. 'A' COM 860370105 9543 655302 SH SOLE 655302
Sun Microsystems COM 866810104 218 3170 SH SOLE 3170
Sybron Int'l. COM 87114F106 6184 224353 SH SOLE 224353
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