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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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Apparel Ventures B CRP BD 037799AE3 24 45000 PRN SOLE 45000
Escrow Spectra CRP BD 8476079B6 0 59300 PRN SOLE 59300
Gulf USA CRP BD 4025719B1 0 25000 PRN SOLE 25000
National City Bank CRP BD 635357BA3 0 20000 PRN SOLE 20000
Amer Retirement CVT BD 028913AA9 368 450000 PRN SOLE 450000
Amkor Technology CVT BD 031652AA8 1756 2090000 PRN SOLE 2090000
Aspen Tech 144a CVT BD 045327AA1 143 225000 PRN SOLE 225000
Central Garden CVT BD 153527AC0 422 465000 PRN SOLE 465000
Elan Intl Fin 144A CVT BD 284129AA1 980 1700000 PRN SOLE 1700000
VLSI Technology CVT BD 918270AB5 1035 1035000 PRN SOLE 1035000
AirTouch Comms $1.74 Cl B cv p CVT PFD 00949T209 472 6000 SH SOLE 6000
Gensia Sicor $3.75 cv pfd 144a CVT PFD 372450205 588 22200 SH SOLE 22200
L&H Capital Tr I $2.375 PIERS CVT PFD 501608202 512 17200 SH SOLE 17200
Loral Sp & Comm $3.00 cv pfd 1 CVT PFD 543885206 1316 28600 SH SOLE 28600
Media One Group $3.633 PIES CVT PFD 58440J401 546 6600 SH SOLE 6600
WinStar Comms $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 975515875 455 10000 SH SOLE 10000
ADVO COMM 007585102 1622 84000.00 SH SOLE 84000.00
AT&T COMM 001957109 3552 44502.00 SH SOLE 44502.00
Abbott Laboratories COMM 002824100 4194 89600.00 SH SOLE 89600.00
Ace Cash Express COMM 004403101 377 29600.00 SH SOLE 29600.00
Acxiom COMM 005125109 5904222800.00 SH SOLE 222800.00
Advance Paradigm COMM 007491103 2420 38300.00 SH SOLE 38300.00
Advent Software COMM 007974108 610 12200.00 SH SOLE 12200.00
Affiliated Managers Group COMM 008252108 1500 57700.00 SH SOLE 57700.00
Agouron Pharmaceuticals COMM 008488108 368 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
Altera COMM 021441100 238 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
America Online COMM 02364J104 823 5600.00 SH SOLE 5600.00
American Stores COMM 030096101 759 23000.00 SH SOLE 23000.00
American Xtal Technology COMM 030514103 1395 62000.00 SH SOLE 62000.00
Amgen COMM 031162100 374 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Amkor Technology COMM 031652100 1106140400.00 SH SOLE 140400.00
Anchor Gaming COMM 033037102 997 22800.00 SH SOLE 22800.00
Applied Materials COMM 038222105 987 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Arrow Electronics COMM 042735100 255 17000.00 SH SOLE 17000.00
Aspen Technology COMM 045327103 1241 87500.00 SH SOLE 87500.00
Aureal Semiconductor COMM 051917102 20 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Autotote Cl A COMM 053323101 36 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Axogen COMM G0690R108 7641245500.00 SH SOLE 245500.00
BMC Software COMM 055921100 1701 45900.00 SH SOLE 45900.00
BellSouth COMM 079860102 1839 45900.00 SH SOLE 45900.00
Bergen Brunswig Cl A COMM 083739102 1362 68116.00 SH SOLE 68116.00
Berkshire Realty Company COMM 084710102 120 10719.00 SH SOLE 10719.00
Black Box COMM 091826107 1379 44500.00 SH SOLE 44500.00
Block, H & R COMM 093671105 1961 41400.00 SH SOLE 41400.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COMM 110122108 333 5200.00 SH SOLE 5200.00
CDW Computer Centers COMM 125129106 1256 18200.00 SH SOLE 18200.00
Canandaigua Brands Cl A COMM 137219200 2096 41600.00 SH SOLE 41600.00
Cardinal Health COMM 14149Y108 6913104750.00 SH SOLE 104750.00
Catalina Marketing COMM 148867104 5195 60500.00 SH SOLE 60500.00
Cendant COMM 151313103 1277 80100.00 SH SOLE 80100.00
Central Garden & Pet COMM 153527106 1267 75100.00 SH SOLE 75100.00
ChiRex COMM 170038103 1423 58100.00 SH SOLE 58100.00
Ciena COMM 171779101 1125 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Cintas COMM 172908105 10413159283.00 SH SOLE 159283.00
Circuit City Stores COMM 172737082 919 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Cirrus Logic COMM 172755100 64 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Cisco Systems COMM 17275R102 657 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Citigroup COMM 172967101 696 10900.00 SH SOLE 10900.00
Clear Channel Communications COMM 184502102 449 6700.00 SH SOLE 6700.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions COMM 192446102 1387 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Concord EFS COMM 206189102 22417813300.00 SH SOLE 813300.00
Costco Companies COMM 22160Q102 595 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
Cott COMM 22163N106 34 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Coyote Network Systems COMM 22406P108 59 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
DST Systems COMM 233326107 2000 33300.00 SH SOLE 33300.00
Disney (Walt) Company COMM 254687106 252 8100.00 SH SOLE 8100.00
Dun & Bradstreet COMM 264830100 575 16150.00 SH SOLE 16150.00
Dura Pharmaceuticals COMM 26632S109 1829129500.00 SH SOLE 129500.00
Eagle Hardware & Garden COMM 26959B101 840 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
Eaton Vance COMM 278265103 1368 68000.00 SH SOLE 68000.00
Elan plc ADR COMM 284131208 705731011800.00SH SOLE 1011800.00
Elan wts Cl A 12/31/01 COMM 284131703 14988350600.00 SH SOLE 350600.00
Excite COMM 300904109 882 6300.00 SH SOLE 6300.00
FTI Consulting COMM 345518104 356124000.00 SH SOLE 124000.00
Fannie Mae COMM 313586109 461 6655.00 SH SOLE 6655.00
Fastenal COMM 311900104 12498356450.00 SH SOLE 356450.00
Federated Investors Cl B COMM 314211103 218 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
First Data COMM 319963104 3223 75400.00 SH SOLE 75400.00
Fleet Financial Group COMM 338915101 314 8344.00 SH SOLE 8344.00
Franklin Resources COMM 354613101 281 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Fvc.com COMM 30266P100 579 45400.00 SH SOLE 45400.00
Gallagher (Arthur) & Company COMM 363576109 264 5749.00 SH SOLE 5749.00
Gannett COMM 364730101 1436 22800.00 SH SOLE 22800.00
General Electric COMM 369604103 4254 38451.00 SH SOLE 38451.00
General Nutrition Companies COMM 37047F103 1749124900.00 SH SOLE 124900.00
GeoCities COMM 37247V106 351 3200.00 SH SOLE 3200.00
Geoworks COMM 373692102 32 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Gillette COMM 375766102 1967 33100.00 SH SOLE 33100.00
Henry (Jack) & Associates COMM 426281101 2212 60200.00 SH SOLE 60200.00
Home Depot COMM 437076102 1494 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
IDEXX Laboratories COMM 45168D104 527 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
IMS Health COMM 449934108 3346101000.00 SH SOLE 101000.00
Incyte Pharmaceuticals COMM 45337C102 299 14900.00 SH SOLE 14900.00
Infinity Broadcasting Cl A COMM 45662S102 232 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
Insight Enterprises COMM 45765U103 7091286500.00 SH SOLE 286500.00
Interpublic Group of Companies COMM 460690100 2710 34800.00 SH SOLE 34800.00
Investors Financial Services COMM 461915100 1150 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Jabil Circuit COMM 466313103 522 12900.00 SH SOLE 12900.00
Kansas City Southern Industrie COMM 485170104 416 7300.00 SH SOLE 7300.00
Keane COMM 486665102 2057 96500.00 SH SOLE 96500.00
KeyCorp COMM 493267108 519 17109.00 SH SOLE 17109.00
Kohl's COMM 500255104 5677 80100.00 SH SOLE 80100.00
Lee Enterprises COMM 523768109 800 27600.00 SH SOLE 27600.00
Lee Enterprises Cl B COMM 523768208 464 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Prods COMM B5628B104 4265142162.00 SH SOLE 142162.00
Loral Space & Communications COMM G56462107 1608111400.00 SH SOLE 111400.00
Lucent Technologies COMM 549463107 1342 12426.00 SH SOLE 12426.00
Luxottica Group ADR COMM 55068R202 322 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
MBNA COMM 55262L100 462 19350.00 SH SOLE 19350.00
MCI WorldCom COMM 55268B106 20272228900.00 SH SOLE 228900.00
MacroChem COMM 555903103 94 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
McKesson HBOC COMM 58155Q103 1478 22400.00 SH SOLE 22400.00
Medallion Financial COMM 583928106 2862190000.00 SH SOLE 190000.00
Medar COMM 584029102 162100000.00 SH SOLE 100000.00
Merck & Company COMM 589331107 1100 13730.00 SH SOLE 13730.00
Mercury Finance COMM 589395102 4 36000.00 SH SOLE 36000.00
Merrill Lynch COMM 590188108 265 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Metris Companies COMM 591598107 3413 84525.00 SH SOLE 84525.00
Meyer (Fred) COMM 592907109 471 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Microsoft COMM 594918104 4087 45600.00 SH SOLE 45600.00
MindSpring Enterprises COMM 602683104 19919231450.00 SH SOLE 231450.00
Modis Professional Services COMM 607830106 1129124600.00 SH SOLE 124600.00
Molex Cl A COMM 608554200 730 28200.00 SH SOLE 28200.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COMM 617446448 300 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
NCO Group COMM 628858102 3384 91450.00 SH SOLE 91450.00
NFO Worldwide COMM 629103102 2388238850.00 SH SOLE 238850.00
Network Associates COMM 640938106 574 18700.00 SH SOLE 18700.00
Newell Rubbermaid COMM 651192106 7391155598.00 SH SOLE 155598.00
Nordstrom COMM 655664100 1251 30600.00 SH SOLE 30600.00
Northern Trust COMM 665859104 790 8900.00 SH SOLE 8900.00
Northland Cranberries Cl A COMM 666499108 243 33500.00 SH SOLE 33500.00
Occupational Med Corp of Amer COMM 674618103 0 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Office Depot COMM 676220106 22376597700.00 SH SOLE 597700.00
Oracle COMM 68389X105 633 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
PSS World Medical COMM 69366A100 599 68000.00 SH SOLE 68000.00
Paychex COMM 704326107 3693 77850.00 SH SOLE 77850.00
Pepsi Bottling Group COMM 713409100 369 17000.00 SH SOLE 17000.00
PepsiCo COMM 713448108 4240108200.00 SH SOLE 108200.00
Perceptron COMM 71361F100 837229000.00 SH SOLE 229000.00
PerfectData COMM 713727105 10 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Pfizer COMM 717081103 1859 13400.00 SH SOLE 13400.00
PharMerica COMM 717135107 692138323.00 SH SOLE 138323.00
PharMerica (escrow) COMM 717135107 451 90293.00 SH SOLE 90293.00
Philip Morris Companies COMM 718154107 545 15500.00 SH SOLE 15500.00
Physician Reliance Network COMM 71940G108 972114300.00 SH SOLE 114300.00
Pinnacle Diagnostic (restricte COMM 000000000 10 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Pioneer Group COMM 723684106 1115 75300.00 SH SOLE 75300.00
Prandium COMM 500485107 33 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Price Communications COMM 741437305 782 70312.50 SH SOLE 70312.50
Profit Recovery Group Internat COMM 743168106 1078 27300.00 SH SOLE 27300.00
Programmer's Paradise COMM 743205106 667 55000.00 SH SOLE 55000.00
Progressive COMM 743315103 474 3300.00 SH SOLE 3300.00
Qualcomm COMM 747525103 6803 54700.00 SH SOLE 54700.00
Quintiles Transnational COMM 748767100 10267271968.00 SH SOLE 271968.00
Reuters Group PLC COMM 761324201 2294 26400.00 SH SOLE 26400.00
Robotic Vision Systems COMM 771074101 328142000.00 SH SOLE 142000.00
Rural/Metro COMM 781748108 119 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
STAAR Surgical COMM 852312305 178 23000.00 SH SOLE 23000.00
Safeway COMM 786514208 821 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Schein (Henry) COMM 806407102 1966 77850.00 SH SOLE 77850.00
Schering-Plough COMM 806605101 773 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Sigma-Aldrich COMM 826552101 3191109100.00 SH SOLE 109100.00
Simione Central Holdings COMM 828654202 87 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Sinclair Broadcast Group Cl A COMM 829226109 1472101100.00 SH SOLE 101100.00
Spiros Development II uts COMM 848935201 992116700.00 SH SOLE 116700.00
Sprint (PCS Group) COMM 852061506 975 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
Staples COMM 855030102 1182 35950.00 SH SOLE 35950.00
State Street COMM 857473102 7888 95900.00 SH SOLE 95900.00
Sterling Commerce COMM 859205106 1501 48800.00 SH SOLE 48800.00
Sterling Software COMM 859547101 1092 46000.00 SH SOLE 46000.00
Sun Healthcare Group COMM 866933104 179179230.00 SH SOLE 179230.00
Sun Healthcare Group 144a COMM 866933104 15 14615.00 SH SOLE 14615.00
Sun Microsystems COMM 866810104 6953 55600.00 SH SOLE 55600.00
TRO Learning COMM 87263R109 732122000.00 SH SOLE 122000.00
Teleflex COMM 879369106 1359 39900.00 SH SOLE 39900.00
Tellabs COMM 879664100 880 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
Tenet Healthcare COMM 88033G100 421 22230.00 SH SOLE 22230.00
TranSwitch COMM 894065101 611 13500.00 SH SOLE 13500.00
Tribune COMM 896047107 5006 76500.00 SH SOLE 76500.00
Tyco International COMM 902124106 2784 38800.00 SH SOLE 38800.00
UniFirst COMM 904708104 2030 96100.00 SH SOLE 96100.00
Uniphase COMM 909149106 17643153250.00 SH SOLE 153250.00
Viisage Technology COMM 92675K106 27 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Visible Genetics COMM 92829S104 350 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Warner Chilcott plc ADR COMM 934435207 1012144600.00 SH SOLE 144600.00
Warner Lambert COMM 934488107 596 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
Whole Foods Market COMM 966837106 687 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
WinStar Communications COMM 975515107 687 18900.00 SH SOLE 18900.00
X-Rite COMM 983857103 1098169000.00 SH SOLE 169000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 1142 21400.00 SH SOLE 21400.00
Young & Rubicam COMM 987425105 236 5800.00 SH SOLE 5800.00
Zygo COMM 989855101 1451122200.00 SH SOLE 122200.00
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