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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>
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 2815 79584 SH SOLE 79584
Berkshire Hathaway A COM 084670108 286 5 SH SOLE 5
Berkshire Hathaway B COM 084670207 9317 5119 SH SOLE 5119
Claire's Stores COM 179584107 4203 209490 SH SOLE 209490
Clayton Homes Inc. COM 184190106 2755 272088 SH SOLE 272088
Countrywide Credit COM 222372104 3497 128314 SH SOLE 128314
Dentsply International COM 249030107 3528 124324 SH SOLE 124324
Franklin Resources COM 354613101 2376 71057 SH SOLE 71057
Household Int'l COM 441815107 7966 213492 SH SOLE 213492
Kaydon Corp COM 486587108 5335 195336 SH SOLE 195336
Knight-Ridder COM 499040103 3137 61593 SH SOLE 61593
Leggett & Platt COM 524660107 4486 208644 SH SOLE 208644
MBIA Inc. COM 55262c100 7648 146903 SH SOLE 146903
Mirage Resorts COM 60462e104 3144 162257 SH SOLE 162257
Price (T. Rowe) COM 741477103 1021 25841 SH SOLE 25841
Robert Half Int'l COM 770323103 5118 107887 SH SOLE 107887
Ross Stores COM 778296103 9109 378563 SH SOLE 378563
SLM Holding Corp COM 78442A109 3275 98311 SH SOLE 98311
Safeway Inc. COM 786514208 5399 119322 SH SOLE 119322
Sara Lee COM 803111103 3111 172835 SH SOLE 172835
Tricon Global COM 895953107 3076 98813 SH SOLE 98813
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