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<LEGEND>
THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE BALANCE
SHEET AND THE INCOME STATEMENT AND IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY REFERENCE TO
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THE EPS PRIMARY NUMBER BELOW REFLECTS THE BASIC EARNINGS
PER SHARE AS REQUIRED BY FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NUMBER 128.
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<FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1997
<PERIOD-END> DEC-31-1999 DEC-31-1998 DEC-31-1997
<CASH> 1,006,011 780,429 707,220
<SECURITIES> 36,765 31,733 31,944
<RECEIVABLES> 4,462,209 3,682,197 3,204,348
<ALLOWANCES> 60,505 54,060 44,581
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<CURRENT-ASSETS> 5,923,332 4,894,029 4,316,339
<PP&E> 942,046 853,927 714,023
<DEPRECIATION> 504,371 437,026 376,927
<TOTAL-ASSETS> 9,166,604 7,464,808 6,220,906
<CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 5,752,434 4,793,729 4,071,974
<BONDS> 518,490 207,927 201,768
0 0 0
0 0 0
<COMMON> 31,000 30,403 29,972
<OTHER-SE> 1,731,368 1,402,469 1,130,123
<TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 9,166,604 7,464,808 6,220,906
<SALES> 0 0 0
<TOTAL-REVENUES> 4,892,912 4,167,788 3,582,601
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<OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 0 0
<LOSS-PROVISION> 0 0 0
<INTEREST-EXPENSE> 81,241 64,137 59,651
<INCOME-PRETAX> 583,515 599,886 435,823
<INCOME-TAX> 242,726 244,981 197,219
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