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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 0 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 500 690000 PRN SOLE 690000
Amkor Technology CVT BD 031652AA8 2724 2060000 PRN SOLE 2060000
Aspen Technology CVT BD 045327AA1 139 225000 PRN SOLE 225000
Central Garden CVT BD 153527AC0 330 465000 PRN SOLE 465000
Elan Intl Fin 144A CVT BD 284129AA1 969 1700000 PRN SOLE 1700000
VLSI Technology CVT BD 918270AB5 1061 1035000 PRN SOLE 1035000
L&H Capital Tr I $2.375 PIERS CVT PFD 501608202 539 16450 SH SOLE 16450
Loral Sp & Comm $3.00 cv pfd CVT PFD 543885206 1345 27600 SH SOLE 27600
Media One Group $3.633 PIES CVT PFD 58440J401 693 6600 SH SOLE 6600
SICOR $3.75 cv pfd CVT PFD 372450205 577 22200 SH SOLE 22200
WinStar Comms $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 975515875 461 10000 SH SOLE 10000
ADVO COMM 007585102 1675 84000.00 SH SOLE 84000.00
AT&T COMM 001957109 2838 65251.00 SH SOLE 65251.00
AT&T - Liberty Media Group Cl COMM 001957208 243 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
Abacus Direct COMM 002553105 1353 11100.00 SH SOLE 11100.00
Abbott Laboratories COMM 002824100 3008 82000.00 SH SOLE 82000.00
Ace Cash Express COMM 004403101 429 29600.00 SH SOLE 29600.00
Acxiom COMM 005125109 6553333400.00 SH SOLE 333400.00
AdForce COMM 006867105 152 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Advance Paradigm COMM 007491103 1987 36300.00 SH SOLE 36300.00
Advent Software COMM 007974108 1077 17300.00 SH SOLE 17300.00
Affiliated Managers Group COMM 008252108 1466 53800.00 SH SOLE 53800.00
Albertsons COMM 013104104 558 14104.00 SH SOLE 14104.00
Altera COMM 021441100 347 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
America Online COMM 02364J104 937 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
American Home Products COMM 026609107 124 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
American Xtal Technology COMM 030514103 1554 72700.00 SH SOLE 72700.00
Amgen COMM 031162100 407 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Amkor Technology COMM 031652100 1055 65400.00 SH SOLE 65400.00
Anchor Gaming COMM 033037102 1178 19800.00 SH SOLE 19800.00
Applied Materials COMM 038222105 1243 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Aspen Technology COMM 045327103 833 85400.00 SH SOLE 85400.00
At Home Cl A COMM 045919107 734 17724.00 SH SOLE 17724.00
Autotote Cl A COMM 053323101 52 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Axogen COMM G0690R108 8383263000.00 SH SOLE 263000.00
BMC Software COMM 055921100 3227 45100.00 SH SOLE 45100.00
BP Amoco plc ADR COMM 055622104 176 1587.00 SH SOLE 1587.00
Baker, Fentress & Company COMM 057213100 84 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
BellSouth COMM 079860102 1840 40900.00 SH SOLE 40900.00
Bergen Brunswig Cl A COMM 083739102 1341129266.00 SH SOLE 129266.00
Black Box COMM 091826107 2189 41700.00 SH SOLE 41700.00
Block, H & R COMM 093671105 2165 49850.00 SH SOLE 49850.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COMM 110122108 351 5200.00 SH SOLE 5200.00
CDW Computer Centers COMM 125129106 1779 36400.00 SH SOLE 36400.00
CMGI COMM 125750109 236 2300.00 SH SOLE 2300.00
Canandaigua Brands Cl A COMM 137219200 2713 45400.00 SH SOLE 45400.00
Cardinal Health COMM 14149Y108 4905 90000.00 SH SOLE 90000.00
Catalina Marketing COMM 148867104 5894 69500.00 SH SOLE 69500.00
Cendant COMM 151313103 1315 74100.00 SH SOLE 74100.00
Centris Group COMM 155904105 101 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
ChiRex COMM 170038103 1345 52100.00 SH SOLE 52100.00
Ciena COMM 171779101 2007 55000.00 SH SOLE 55000.00
Cintas COMM 172908105 8672150000.00 SH SOLE 150000.00
Circuit City Stores COMM 172737082 1012 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
Cirrus Logic COMM 172755100 110 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Cisco Systems COMM 17275R102 836 12200.00 SH SOLE 12200.00
Citigroup COMM 172967101 575 13071.00 SH SOLE 13071.00
Clear Channel Communications COMM 184502102 1346 16850.00 SH SOLE 16850.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions COMM 192446102 1455 46000.00 SH SOLE 46000.00
Concord EFS COMM 206189102 259141256450.00SH SOLE 1256450.00
Corporate Express COMM 219888104 376 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Costco Wholesale COMM 22160Q102 947 13150.00 SH SOLE 13150.00
Cott COMM 22163N106 61 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
DLJdirect COMM 257661504 99 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
DST Systems COMM 233326107 1865 32800.00 SH SOLE 32800.00
Disney (Walt) Company COMM 254687106 159 6100.00 SH SOLE 6100.00
DoubleClick COMM 258609304 179 1500.00 SH SOLE 1500.00
Dun & Bradstreet COMM 264830100 347 11600.00 SH SOLE 11600.00
Dura Pharmaceuticals COMM 26632S109 1738124700.00 SH SOLE 124700.00
EBay COMM 278642103 141 1000.00 SH SOLE 1000.00
Eaton Vance COMM 278265103 2432 76000.00 SH SOLE 76000.00
Elan plc ADR COMM 284131208 509181517100.00SH SOLE 1517100.00
Elan wts Cl A 12/31/01 COMM 284131703 25434673750.00 SH SOLE 673750.00
FTI Consulting COMM 345518104 453 98000.00 SH SOLE 98000.00
Fannie Mae COMM 313586109 389 6200.00 SH SOLE 6200.00
Fastenal COMM 311900104 16171343150.00 SH SOLE 343150.00
Federated Investors Cl B COMM 314211103 207 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
First Data COMM 319963104 3204 73022.00 SH SOLE 73022.00
Fleet Financial Group COMM 338915101 306 8344.00 SH SOLE 8344.00
G & K Services Cl A COMM 361268105 405 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
GTE Corp COMM 362320103 192 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Gallagher (Arthur) & Company COMM 363576109 285 5349.00 SH SOLE 5349.00
Gannett COMM 364730101 1494 21600.00 SH SOLE 21600.00
General Electric COMM 369604103 4545 38336.00 SH SOLE 38336.00
Geoworks COMM 373692102 31 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Gillette COMM 375766102 1128 33250.00 SH SOLE 33250.00
Henry (Jack) & Associates COMM 426281101 2224 60200.00 SH SOLE 60200.00
Home Depot COMM 437076102 1661 24200.00 SH SOLE 24200.00
IDEXX Laboratories COMM 45168D104 413 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
IMS Health COMM 449934108 2309101200.00 SH SOLE 101200.00
Infinity Broadcasting Cl A COMM 45662S102 264 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
InfoCure COMM 45665A108 1129 59800.00 SH SOLE 59800.00
Infoseek COMM 45678M107 123 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Insight Enterprises COMM 45765U103 8630265550.00 SH SOLE 265550.00
Integral Vision COMM 584029102 109100000.00 SH SOLE 100000.00
International Business Machine COMM 459200101 145 1200.00 SH SOLE 1200.00
Interpublic Group of Companies COMM 460690100 2862 69600.00 SH SOLE 69600.00
Investors Financial Services COMM 461915100 1306 38000.00 SH SOLE 38000.00
JDS Uniphase COMM 909149106 31014272500.00 SH SOLE 272500.00
Jabil Circuit COMM 466313103 1035 20900.00 SH SOLE 20900.00
Johnson & Johnson COMM 478160104 147 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
Kansas City Southern Industrie COMM 485170104 1269 27300.00 SH SOLE 27300.00
Keane COMM 486665102 2206 96700.00 SH SOLE 96700.00
KeyCorp COMM 493267108 419 16228.00 SH SOLE 16228.00
Knight/Trimark Group Cl A COMM 499067106 237 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Kohl's COMM 500255104 5019 75900.00 SH SOLE 75900.00
Kroger COMM 501044101 353 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Lee Enterprises COMM 523768109 263 9600.00 SH SOLE 9600.00
Lee Enterprises Cl B COMM 523768208 440 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Prods COMM B5628B104 4361125041.00 SH SOLE 125041.00
Loral Space & Communications COMM G56462107 1504 87500.00 SH SOLE 87500.00
Lowe's Companies COMM 548661107 847 17380.00 SH SOLE 17380.00
Lucent Technologies COMM 549463107 1654 25500.00 SH SOLE 25500.00
Luxottica Group ADR COMM 55068R202 477 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Lycos COMM 550818108 211 4200.00 SH SOLE 4200.00
MBNA COMM 55262L100 441 19350.00 SH SOLE 19350.00
MCI WorldCom COMM 55268B106 17182239050.00 SH SOLE 239050.00
MacroChem COMM 555903103 60 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
McKesson HBOC COMM 58155Q103 550 18950.00 SH SOLE 18950.00
Medallion Financial COMM 583928106 3427169250.00 SH SOLE 169250.00
Merck & Company COMM 589331107 877 13530.00 SH SOLE 13530.00
Merrill Lynch COMM 590188108 135 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Metris Companies COMM 591598107 4485152050.00 SH SOLE 152050.00
Microsoft COMM 594918104 4094 45210.00 SH SOLE 45210.00
MindSpring Enterprises COMM 602683104 12075436100.00 SH SOLE 436100.00
Modis Professional Services COMM 607830106 1615121900.00 SH SOLE 121900.00
Molex Cl A COMM 608554200 913 28200.00 SH SOLE 28200.00
Monsanto COMM 611662107 107 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COMM 617446448 178 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Mylan Laboratories COMM 628530107 551 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
NCO Group COMM 628858102 4443 94524.00 SH SOLE 94524.00
NEXTLINK Communications Cl A COMM 65333H707 1586 30600.00 SH SOLE 30600.00
NFO Worldwide COMM 629103102 3052239400.00 SH SOLE 239400.00
NetObjects COMM 64114L102 274 48800.00 SH SOLE 48800.00
Network Associates COMM 640938106 1522 79600.00 SH SOLE 79600.00
Newell Rubbermaid COMM 651192106 3805133210.00 SH SOLE 133210.00
Nextera Enterprises Cl A COMM 65332E101 107 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
Nordstrom COMM 655664100 740 27400.00 SH SOLE 27400.00
Northern Trust COMM 665859104 697 8350.00 SH SOLE 8350.00
Office Depot COMM 676220106 9040860950.00 SH SOLE 860950.00
Oracle COMM 68389X105 1092 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
Outdoor Systems COMM 690057104 1602 44800.00 SH SOLE 44800.00
Pacific Internet COMM Y66183107 794 24800.00 SH SOLE 24800.00
Paychex COMM 704326107 4252124600.00 SH SOLE 124600.00
PepsiCo COMM 713448108 2818 92400.00 SH SOLE 92400.00
Perceptron COMM 71361F100 802225000.00 SH SOLE 225000.00
Perclose COMM 71361C107 293 6300.00 SH SOLE 6300.00
PerfectData COMM 713727105 11 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Pfizer COMM 717081103 1464 40800.00 SH SOLE 40800.00
Philip Morris Companies COMM 718154107 479 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Pioneer Group COMM 723684106 1134 75600.00 SH SOLE 75600.00
Prandium COMM 500485107 14 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Price Communications COMM 741437305 2313 92283.97 SH SOLE 92283.97
Profit Recovery Group Internat COMM 743168106 1794 40200.00 SH SOLE 40200.00
Programmer's Paradise COMM 743205106 368 55000.00 SH SOLE 55000.00
Progressive COMM 743315103 261 3200.00 SH SOLE 3200.00
Qualcomm COMM 747525103 17443 92200.00 SH SOLE 92200.00
Quintiles Transnational COMM 748767100 5464287100.00 SH SOLE 287100.00
Reliance Group Holdings COMM 759464100 67 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Reuters Group PLC COMM 761324201 1818 26400.00 SH SOLE 26400.00
Robotic Vision Systems COMM 771074101 541142000.00 SH SOLE 142000.00
Royal Dutch Petroleum NY 5 Gui COMM 780257705 118 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Rural/Metro COMM 781748108 99 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
SMART Modular Technologies COMM 831690102 341 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Safeway COMM 786514208 609 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Schein (Henry) COMM 806407102 1314 92200.00 SH SOLE 92200.00
Schering-Plough COMM 806605101 611 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Sealed Air COMM 812115103 205 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Sigma-Aldrich COMM 826552101 3178100100.00 SH SOLE 100100.00
Simione Central Holdings COMM 828654202 72 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Solectron COMM 834182107 251 3500.00 SH SOLE 3500.00
Spiros Development II uts COMM 848935201 817116700.00 SH SOLE 116700.00
Sprint (PCS Group) COMM 852061506 1640 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
Staples COMM 855030102 832 38150.00 SH SOLE 38150.00
State Street COMM 857473102 6773104800.00 SH SOLE 104800.00
Sterling Commerce COMM 859205106 1110 59800.00 SH SOLE 59800.00
Sterling Software COMM 859547101 920 46000.00 SH SOLE 46000.00
Sun Healthcare Group COMM 866933104 7 29230.00 SH SOLE 29230.00
Sun Healthcare Group 144a COMM 866933104 4 14615.00 SH SOLE 14615.00
Sun Microsystems COMM 866810104 9672104000.00 SH SOLE 104000.00
TRO Learning COMM 87263R109 632110000.00 SH SOLE 110000.00
TeleBanc Financial COMM 87925R109 138 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Teleflex COMM 879369106 1574 39900.00 SH SOLE 39900.00
Tellabs COMM 879664100 1025 18000.00 SH SOLE 18000.00
TranSwitch COMM 894065101 1154 20250.00 SH SOLE 20250.00
Tribune COMM 896047107 6965140000.00 SH SOLE 140000.00
Twentyfour/Seven Media COMM 901314104 189 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Tyco International COMM 902124106 3036 29400.00 SH SOLE 29400.00
U S West COMM 91273H101 670 11750.00 SH SOLE 11750.00
U.S. Aggregates COMM 90334D109 125 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
UBid COMM 903469104 105 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
US Oncology COMM 90338W103 973107400.00 SH SOLE 107400.00
USA Networks COMM 902984103 116 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
UniFirst COMM 904708104 1295 94200.00 SH SOLE 94200.00
United GlobalCom Cl A COMM 910734102 143 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Visible Genetics COMM 92829S104 187 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Vodafone AirTouch COMM 92857T107 1021 4293.00 SH SOLE 4293.00
Warner Chilcott plc ADR COMM 934435207 1199162600.00 SH SOLE 162600.00
Warner Lambert COMM 934488107 1175 17700.00 SH SOLE 17700.00
Whole Foods Market COMM 966837106 654 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
WinStar Communications COMM 975515107 811 20750.00 SH SOLE 20750.00
X-Rite COMM 983857103 1033159000.00 SH SOLE 159000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 1602 38200.00 SH SOLE 38200.00
Yahoo COMM 984332106 359 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Young & Rubicam COMM 987425105 277 6300.00 SH SOLE 6300.00
Zygo COMM 989855101 935 66200.00 SH SOLE 66200.00
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