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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 8 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 543 690000 PRN SOLE 690000
Amkor Technology CVT BD 031652AA8 2106 2060000 PRN SOLE 2060000
Aspen Technology CVT BD 045327AA1 142 225000 PRN SOLE 225000
Central Garden CVT BD 153527AC0 367 465000 PRN SOLE 465000
Elan Intl Fin 144A CVT BD 284129AA1 873 1700000 PRN SOLE 1700000
VLSI Technology CVT BD 918270AB5 1051 1035000 PRN SOLE 1035000
L&H Capital Tr I $2.375 PIERS CVT PFD 501608202 557 17200 SH SOLE 17200
Loral Sp & Comm $3.00 cv pfd CVT PFD 543885206 1441 28600 SH SOLE 28600
Media One Group $3.633 PIES CVT PFD 58440J401 597 6600 SH SOLE 6600
SICOR $3.75 cv pfd 144a CVT PFD 372450205 577 22200 SH SOLE 22200
WinStar Comms $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 975515875 580 10000 SH SOLE 10000
ADVO COMM 007585102 1743 84000.00 SH SOLE 84000.00
AT&T COMM 001957109 3726 66751.00 SH SOLE 66751.00
AT&T - Liberty Media Group Cl COMM 001957208 239 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
Abacus Direct COMM 002553105 979 10700.00 SH SOLE 10700.00
Abbott Laboratories COMM 002824100 4066 89600.00 SH SOLE 89600.00
Ace Cash Express COMM 004403101 418 29600.00 SH SOLE 29600.00
Acxiom COMM 005125109 5556222800.00 SH SOLE 222800.00
Advance Paradigm COMM 007491103 2336 38300.00 SH SOLE 38300.00
Advent Software COMM 007974108 817 12200.00 SH SOLE 12200.00
Affiliated Managers Group COMM 008252108 1684 55800.00 SH SOLE 55800.00
Albertsons COMM 013104104 758 14704.00 SH SOLE 14704.00
Altera COMM 021441100 294 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
America Online COMM 02364J104 957 8700.00 SH SOLE 8700.00
American Home Products COMM 026609107 172 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
American Xtal Technology COMM 030514103 1476 62000.00 SH SOLE 62000.00
Amgen COMM 031162100 304 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Amkor Technology COMM 031652100 1352131900.00 SH SOLE 131900.00
Anchor Gaming COMM 033037102 1096 22800.00 SH SOLE 22800.00
Applied Materials COMM 038222105 1182 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Aspen Technology COMM 045327103 1003 85400.00 SH SOLE 85400.00
At Home Cl A COMM 045919107 956 17724.00 SH SOLE 17724.00
Autotote Cl A COMM 053323101 47 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Axogen COMM G0690R108 7828249500.00 SH SOLE 249500.00
BMC Software COMM 055921100 2446 45300.00 SH SOLE 45300.00
BP Amoco plc ADR COMM 055622104 172 1587.00 SH SOLE 1587.00
BellSouth COMM 079860102 1887 40900.00 SH SOLE 40900.00
Bergen Brunswig Cl A COMM 083739102 1935112178.00 SH SOLE 112178.00
Black Box COMM 091826107 2130 42500.00 SH SOLE 42500.00
Block, H & R COMM 093671105 2262 45250.00 SH SOLE 45250.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COMM 110122108 366 5200.00 SH SOLE 5200.00
CDW Computer Centers COMM 125129106 1602 36400.00 SH SOLE 36400.00
CMGI COMM 125750109 262 2300.00 SH SOLE 2300.00
Canandaigua Brands Cl A COMM 137219200 2391 45600.00 SH SOLE 45600.00
Cardinal Health COMM 14149Y108 6028 94000.00 SH SOLE 94000.00
Catalina Marketing COMM 148867104 5566 60500.00 SH SOLE 60500.00
Cendant COMM 151313103 1519 74100.00 SH SOLE 74100.00
Central Garden & Pet COMM 153527106 729 71100.00 SH SOLE 71100.00
Ceridian COMM 15677T106 131 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
ChiRex COMM 170038103 1674 52100.00 SH SOLE 52100.00
Ciena COMM 171779101 1660 55000.00 SH SOLE 55000.00
Cintas COMM 172908105 10543156924.00 SH SOLE 156924.00
Circuit City Stores COMM 172737082 1116 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Cirrus Logic COMM 172755100 89 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Cisco Systems COMM 17275R102 786 12200.00 SH SOLE 12200.00
Citigroup COMM 172967101 621 13071.00 SH SOLE 13071.00
Clear Channel Communications COMM 184502102 1162 16850.00 SH SOLE 16850.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions COMM 192446102 1303 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Compass International Services COMM 20450K108 605 86500.00 SH SOLE 86500.00
Concord EFS COMM 206189102 35500839000.00 SH SOLE 839000.00
Costco Companies COMM 22160Q102 1053 13150.00 SH SOLE 13150.00
Cott COMM 22163N106 51 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Coyote Network Systems COMM 22406P108 54 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
DLJdirect COMM 257661504 133 4500.00 SH SOLE 4500.00
DST Systems COMM 233326107 2062 32800.00 SH SOLE 32800.00
Disney (Walt) Company COMM 254687106 311 10100.00 SH SOLE 10100.00
Dun & Bradstreet COMM 264830100 429 12100.00 SH SOLE 12100.00
Dura Pharmaceuticals COMM 26632S109 1546129500.00 SH SOLE 129500.00
EBay COMM 278642103 151 1000.00 SH SOLE 1000.00
Eaton Vance COMM 278265103 2686 78000.00 SH SOLE 78000.00
Elan plc ADR COMM 284131208 462701667400.00SH SOLE 1667400.00
Elan wts Cl A 12/31/01 COMM 284131703 19891631450.00 SH SOLE 631450.00
FTI Consulting COMM 345518104 514 98000.00 SH SOLE 98000.00
Fannie Mae COMM 313586109 427 6255.00 SH SOLE 6255.00
Fastenal COMM 311900104 18592354550.00 SH SOLE 354550.00
Federated Investors Cl B COMM 314211103 215 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
First Data COMM 319963104 3720 76022.00 SH SOLE 76022.00
Fleet Financial Group COMM 338915101 370 8344.00 SH SOLE 8344.00
Franklin Resources COMM 354613101 406 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
GTE Corp COMM 362320103 189 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Gallagher (Arthur) & Company COMM 363576109 285 5749.00 SH SOLE 5749.00
Gannett COMM 364730101 1542 21600.00 SH SOLE 21600.00
General Electric COMM 369604103 4379 38750.00 SH SOLE 38750.00
General Nutrition Companies COMM 37047F103 2735117300.00 SH SOLE 117300.00
Geoworks COMM 373692102 30 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Gillette COMM 375766102 1357 33100.00 SH SOLE 33100.00
Henry (Jack) & Associates COMM 426281101 2363 60200.00 SH SOLE 60200.00
Home Depot COMM 437076102 1559 24200.00 SH SOLE 24200.00
IDEXX Laboratories COMM 45168D104 513 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
IMS Health COMM 449934108 3184101900.00 SH SOLE 101900.00
Incyte Pharmaceuticals COMM 45337C102 394 14900.00 SH SOLE 14900.00
Infinity Broadcasting Cl A COMM 45662S102 266 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
InfoCure COMM 45665A108 1773 33500.00 SH SOLE 33500.00
Infoseek COMM 45678M107 144 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Insight Enterprises COMM 45765U103 7030284050.00 SH SOLE 284050.00
Integral Vision COMM 584029102 219100000.00 SH SOLE 100000.00
International Business Machine COMM 459200101 155 1200.00 SH SOLE 1200.00
Interpublic Group of Companies COMM 460690100 3015 34800.00 SH SOLE 34800.00
Investors Financial Services COMM 461915100 1600 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
JDS Uniphase COMM 909149106 25041150850.00 SH SOLE 150850.00
Jabil Circuit COMM 466313103 582 12900.00 SH SOLE 12900.00
Johnson & Johnson COMM 478160104 157 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
Kansas City Southern Industrie COMM 485170104 785 12300.00 SH SOLE 12300.00
Keane COMM 486665102 2385105400.00 SH SOLE 105400.00
KeyCorp COMM 493267108 550 17109.00 SH SOLE 17109.00
Knight/Trimark Group Cl A COMM 499067106 244 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Kohl's COMM 500255104 6158 80100.00 SH SOLE 80100.00
Kroger COMM 501044101 447 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Lee Enterprises COMM 523768109 415 13600.00 SH SOLE 13600.00
Lee Enterprises Cl B COMM 523768208 460 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Prods COMM B5628B104 4566128841.00 SH SOLE 128841.00
Loral Space & Communications COMM G56462107 1791 99500.00 SH SOLE 99500.00
Lowe's Companies COMM 548661107 912 16080.00 SH SOLE 16080.00
Lucent Technologies COMM 549463107 1719 25492.00 SH SOLE 25492.00
Luxottica Group ADR COMM 55068R202 389 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Lycos COMM 550818108 147 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
MBNA COMM 55262L100 593 19350.00 SH SOLE 19350.00
MCI WorldCom COMM 55268B106 19658228413.00 SH SOLE 228413.00
MacroChem COMM 555903103 59 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
McKesson HBOC COMM 58155Q103 917 28490.00 SH SOLE 28490.00
Medallion Financial COMM 583928106 3431180000.00 SH SOLE 180000.00
Merck & Company COMM 589331107 996 13530.00 SH SOLE 13530.00
Merrill Lynch COMM 590188108 159 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Metris Companies COMM 591598107 6494159350.00 SH SOLE 159350.00
Microsoft COMM 594918104 4113 45600.00 SH SOLE 45600.00
MindSpring Enterprises COMM 602683104 21957495500.00 SH SOLE 495500.00
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturi COMM 604059105 104 1200.00 SH SOLE 1200.00
Modis Professional Services COMM 607830106 1653121900.00 SH SOLE 121900.00
Molex Cl A COMM 608554200 888 28200.00 SH SOLE 28200.00
Monsanto COMM 611662107 119 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COMM 617446448 205 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Mylan Laboratories COMM 628530107 159 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
NCO Group COMM 628858102 2926 77000.00 SH SOLE 77000.00
NEXTLINK Communications Cl A COMM 65333H707 1041 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
NFO Worldwide COMM 629103102 3344238850.00 SH SOLE 238850.00
NetObjects COMM 64114L102 393 48800.00 SH SOLE 48800.00
Network Associates COMM 640938106 623 42400.00 SH SOLE 42400.00
Newell Rubbermaid COMM 651192106 7216155598.00 SH SOLE 155598.00
News Corp Ltd ADR COMM 652487703 106 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Nextera Enterprises Cl A COMM 65332E101 193 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
Nordstrom COMM 655664100 1025 30600.00 SH SOLE 30600.00
Northern Trust COMM 665859104 863 8900.00 SH SOLE 8900.00
Occupational Med Corp of Amer COMM 674618103 0 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Office Depot COMM 676220106 19275873650.00 SH SOLE 873650.00
Oracle COMM 68389X105 891 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
Outdoor Systems COMM 690057104 1635 44800.00 SH SOLE 44800.00
Pacific Internet COMM Y66183107 1208 25500.00 SH SOLE 25500.00
Paychex COMM 704326107 3748117575.00 SH SOLE 117575.00
Pepsi Bottling Group COMM 713409100 393 17000.00 SH SOLE 17000.00
PepsiCo COMM 713448108 3826 98900.00 SH SOLE 98900.00
Perceptron COMM 71361F100 1045229000.00 SH SOLE 229000.00
PerfectData COMM 713727105 13 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Pfizer COMM 717081103 1548 14200.00 SH SOLE 14200.00
Philip Morris Companies COMM 718154107 587 14600.00 SH SOLE 14600.00
Pioneer Group COMM 723684106 1299 75300.00 SH SOLE 75300.00
Prandium COMM 500485107 21 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Price Communications COMM 741437305 1318 87889.50 SH SOLE 87889.50
Priceline.com COMM 741503106 116 1000.00 SH SOLE 1000.00
Profit Recovery Group Internat COMM 743168106 1268 26800.00 SH SOLE 26800.00
Programmer's Paradise COMM 743205106 674 55000.00 SH SOLE 55000.00
Progressive COMM 743315103 478 3300.00 SH SOLE 3300.00
Qualcomm COMM 747525103 15699109400.00 SH SOLE 109400.00
Quintiles Transnational COMM 748767100 11307269220.00 SH SOLE 269220.00
Reuters Group PLC COMM 761324201 2140 26400.00 SH SOLE 26400.00
Robotic Vision Systems COMM 771074101 532142000.00 SH SOLE 142000.00
Royal Dutch Petroleum NY 5 Gui COMM 780257705 120 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Rural/Metro COMM 781748108 144 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Safeway COMM 786514208 792 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Schein (Henry) COMM 806407102 2267 71550.00 SH SOLE 71550.00
Schering-Plough COMM 806605101 735 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Sealed Air COMM 812115103 259 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Sigma-Aldrich COMM 826552101 3654106100.00 SH SOLE 106100.00
Simione Central Holdings COMM 828654202 125 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Spiros Development II uts COMM 848935201 1021116700.00 SH SOLE 116700.00
Sprint (PCS Group) COMM 852061506 1254 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
Staples COMM 855030102 1112 35950.00 SH SOLE 35950.00
State Street COMM 857473102 8187 95900.00 SH SOLE 95900.00
Sterling Commerce COMM 859205106 1770 48150.00 SH SOLE 48150.00
Sterling Software COMM 859547101 1216 46000.00 SH SOLE 46000.00
Sun Healthcare Group COMM 866933104 3 29230.00 SH SOLE 29230.00
Sun Healthcare Group 144a COMM 866933104 1 14615.00 SH SOLE 14615.00
Sun Microsystems COMM 866810104 7507109000.00 SH SOLE 109000.00
TCA Cable TV COMM 872241104 333 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
TRO Learning COMM 87263R109 747122000.00 SH SOLE 122000.00
TeleBanc Financial COMM 87925R109 232 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Teleflex COMM 879369106 1733 39900.00 SH SOLE 39900.00
Tellabs COMM 879664100 1216 18000.00 SH SOLE 18000.00
The Sports Authority COMM 849176102 27 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
TranSwitch COMM 894065101 959 20250.00 SH SOLE 20250.00
Tribune COMM 896047107 6160 70700.00 SH SOLE 70700.00
Tyco International COMM 902124106 3373 35600.00 SH SOLE 35600.00
US Oncology COMM 90338W103 1289107442.00 SH SOLE 107442.00
UniFirst COMM 904708104 1941105650.00 SH SOLE 105650.00
United Asset Management COMM 909420101 182 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
United International Holdings COMM 910734102 135 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Viisage Technology COMM 92675K106 30 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Visible Genetics COMM 92829S104 322 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Vodafone AirTouch COMM 92857T107 791 4017.10 SH SOLE 4017.10
Warner Chilcott plc ADR COMM 934435207 1256154600.00 SH SOLE 154600.00
Warner Lambert COMM 934488107 1245 18004.00 SH SOLE 18004.00
Whole Foods Market COMM 966837106 961 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
WinStar Communications COMM 975515107 932 19128.00 SH SOLE 19128.00
X-Rite COMM 983857103 1020158500.00 SH SOLE 158500.00
XOOM.com COMM 98413F101 105 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 118 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 1264 21400.00 SH SOLE 21400.00
Yahoo COMM 984332106 344 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Young & Rubicam COMM 987425105 286 6300.00 SH SOLE 6300.00
Zygo COMM 989855101 1055 92200.00 SH SOLE 92200.00
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