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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 455 690000 PRN SOLE 690000
Amkor Technology CVT BD 031652AA8 8096 2060000 PRN SOLE 2060000
Aspen Technology CVT BD 045327AA1 216 225000 PRN SOLE 225000
Central Garden CVT BD 153527AC0 325 465000 PRN SOLE 465000
Global Telesystems $3.625 cv p CVT PFD 37936U609 3483 86000 SH SOLE 86000
Loral Sp & Comm $3.00 cv pfd CVT PFD G56462149 873 27600 SH SOLE 27600
Media One Group $3.633 PIES CVT PFD 58440J401 784 6600 SH SOLE 6600
SICOR $3.75 cv pfd CVT PFD 372450205 2166 72200 SH SOLE 72200
UnitedGlobalCom $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 913247805 578 8500 SH SOLE 8500
WinStar Comms $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 975515875 1908 20300 SH SOLE 20300
99 Cents Only Stores COMM 65440K106 105 2666.66 SH SOLE 2666.66
ADVO COMM 007585102 2100 84000.00 SH SOLE 84000.00
AT&T COMM 001957109 2763 49057.00 SH SOLE 49057.00
AT&T - Liberty Media Group Cl COMM 001957208 386 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
AT&T EIF lst Exch Sr COMM 294700703 146 743.00 SH SOLE 743.00
Abbott Laboratories COMM 002824100 4439126150.00 SH SOLE 126150.00
Ace Cash Express COMM 004403101 507 29600.00 SH SOLE 29600.00
Acxiom COMM 005125109 11049332300.00 SH SOLE 332300.00
Advance Paradigm COMM 007491103 1319111100.00 SH SOLE 111100.00
Advent Software COMM 007974108 1587 34600.00 SH SOLE 34600.00
Affiliated Managers Group COMM 008252108 2061 43400.00 SH SOLE 43400.00
Albertsons COMM 013104104 1028 33300.00 SH SOLE 33300.00
Altera COMM 021441100 625 7000.00 SH SOLE 7000.00
America Online COMM 02364J104 1160 17200.00 SH SOLE 17200.00
American Home Products COMM 026609107 161 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
American Xtal Technology COMM 030514103 2810 86800.00 SH SOLE 86800.00
Amgen COMM 031162100 614 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Amkor Technology COMM 031652100 3364 63400.00 SH SOLE 63400.00
Anchor Gaming COMM 033037102 455 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Applied Materials COMM 038222105 3016 32000.00 SH SOLE 32000.00
Ariba COMM 04033V104 126 600.00 SH SOLE 600.00
Arrow Electronics COMM 042735100 150 4250.00 SH SOLE 4250.00
Ashworth COMM 0416H1016 86 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Aspen Technology COMM 045327103 3549 87900.00 SH SOLE 87900.00
At Home Cl A COMM 045919107 949 28800.00 SH SOLE 28800.00
Autotote Cl A COMM 053323101 89 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
BMC Software COMM 055921100 2444 49500.00 SH SOLE 49500.00
BP Amoco plc ADR COMM 055622104 133 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Baker, Fentress & Company COMM 057213100 149 12333.32 SH SOLE 12333.32
BellSouth COMM 079860102 1355 28900.00 SH SOLE 28900.00
Belo, A.H. Cl A COMM 080555105 214 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Bergen Brunswig Cl A COMM 083739102 3010445900.00 SH SOLE 445900.00
Beverly Enterprises COMM 087851309 19 5100.00 SH SOLE 5100.00
Biotech Holders Trust COMM 09067D201 136 800.00 SH SOLE 800.00
Black Box COMM 091826107 2693 38900.00 SH SOLE 38900.00
Block, H & R COMM 093671105 2707 60500.00 SH SOLE 60500.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COMM 110122108 296 5100.00 SH SOLE 5100.00
CDW Computer Centers COMM 125129106 3293 39000.00 SH SOLE 39000.00
CMGI COMM 125750109 1269 11200.00 SH SOLE 11200.00
CNET COMM 125945105 253 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
CacheFlow COMM 126946102 190 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
Cadiz COMM 127537108 85 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Canandaigua Brands Cl A COMM 137219200 2315 45400.00 SH SOLE 45400.00
Cardinal Health COMM 14149Y108 6668145350.00 SH SOLE 145350.00
Catalina Marketing COMM 148867104 6946 68600.00 SH SOLE 68600.00
Cendant COMM 151313103 825 44600.00 SH SOLE 44600.00
Charlotte Russe Holding COMM 161048103 890 52000.00 SH SOLE 52000.00
ChiRex COMM 170038103 395 20500.00 SH SOLE 20500.00
Ciena COMM 171779101 4414 35000.00 SH SOLE 35000.00
Cintas COMM 172908105 6783173100.00 SH SOLE 173100.00
Circuit City Stores COMM 172737082 1461 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
Cisco Systems COMM 17275R102 1886 24400.00 SH SOLE 24400.00
Citigroup COMM 172967101 925 15450.00 SH SOLE 15450.00
Clear Channel Communications COMM 184502102 1095 15850.00 SH SOLE 15850.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions COMM 192446102 5500 88000.00 SH SOLE 88000.00
Computer Associates Int'l COMM 204912109 1480 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Compuware COMM 205638109 2129101100.00 SH SOLE 101100.00
Concord EFS COMM 206189102 333591454350.00SH SOLE 1454350.00
Costco Wholesale COMM 22160Q102 1382 26300.00 SH SOLE 26300.00
DII Group COMM 232949107 1131 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
DLJdirect COMM 257661504 414 31100.00 SH SOLE 31100.00
DST Systems COMM 233326107 2831 43600.00 SH SOLE 43600.00
DoubleClick COMM 258609304 2744 29310.00 SH SOLE 29310.00
Dun & Bradstreet COMM 26483B106 332 11600.00 SH SOLE 11600.00
Dura Pharmaceuticals COMM 26632S109 1474119700.00 SH SOLE 119700.00
Dura Pharmaceuticals wts 12/31 COMM 266321173 5 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
E*TRADE Group COMM 269246104 361 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
EarthLink COMM 602683104 8393431800.00 SH SOLE 431800.00
Eaton Vance COMM 278265103 3255 75800.00 SH SOLE 75800.00
Elan plc ADR COMM 284131208 575651211900.00SH SOLE 1211900.00
Elan wts Cl A 12/31/01 COMM 284131703 48096804950.00 SH SOLE 804950.00
Exxon Mobil COMM 30231G102 188 2410.00 SH SOLE 2410.00
FTI Consulting COMM 302941109 358 53000.00 SH SOLE 53000.00
Fannie Mae COMM 313586109 351 6200.00 SH SOLE 6200.00
Fastenal COMM 311900104 16112336550.00 SH SOLE 336550.00
Federated Investors Cl B COMM 314211103 328 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
First Data COMM 319963104 3097 69800.00 SH SOLE 69800.00
Fleet Boston Financial COMM 339030108 305 8344.00 SH SOLE 8344.00
Flextronics Int'l COMM Y2573F102 352 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
G & K Services Cl A COMM 361268105 1994102000.00 SH SOLE 102000.00
GTE Corp COMM 362320103 177 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Gallagher (Arthur) & Company COMM 363576109 328 10102.00 SH SOLE 10102.00
Gannett COMM 364730101 1520 21600.00 SH SOLE 21600.00
General Electric COMM 369604103 5842 37536.98 SH SOLE 37536.98
General Motors Cl H COMM 370442832 9835 79000.00 SH SOLE 79000.00
Geoworks COMM 373692102 712 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Gillette COMM 375766102 1295 34350.00 SH SOLE 34350.00
Global Crossing Ltd. COMM G3921A100 205 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Globecom Systems COMM 37956X103 267 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Henry (Jack) & Associates COMM 426281101 4440120400.00 SH SOLE 120400.00
Hewlett-Packard COMM 428236103 567 4270.00 SH SOLE 4270.00
Home Depot COMM 437076102 2341 36300.00 SH SOLE 36300.00
IDEXX Laboratories COMM 45168D104 559 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
IMPSAT Fiber Networks COMM 45321T103 812 29000.00 SH SOLE 29000.00
IMS Health COMM 449934108 3692218000.00 SH SOLE 218000.00
Infinity Broadcasting Cl A COMM 45662S102 2337 72200.00 SH SOLE 72200.00
InfoCure COMM 45665A108 2717156400.00 SH SOLE 156400.00
Insight Enterprises COMM 45765U103 9210252750.00 SH SOLE 252750.00
Integral Vision COMM 584029102 337100000.00 SH SOLE 100000.00
International Business Machine COMM 459200101 165 1400.00 SH SOLE 1400.00
International FiberCom COMM 45950T101 356 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Internet Capital Group COMM 46059C106 135 1500.00 SH SOLE 1500.00
Internet HOLDRs Trust COMM 46059W102 200 1200.00 SH SOLE 1200.00
Interpublic Group of Companies COMM 460690100 3322 70300.00 SH SOLE 70300.00
Investors Financial Services COMM 461915100 2237 38000.00 SH SOLE 38000.00
JDS Uniphase COMM 909149106 70517584900.00 SH SOLE 584900.00
Jabil Circuit COMM 466313103 1981 45800.00 SH SOLE 45800.00
Jfax.com COMM 477366108 100 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Johnson & Johnson COMM 478160104 674 9600.00 SH SOLE 9600.00
Kansas City Southern Industrie COMM 485170104 2071 24100.00 SH SOLE 24100.00
Keane COMM 486665102 2088 82700.00 SH SOLE 82700.00
KeyCorp COMM 493267108 308 16228.00 SH SOLE 16228.00
Knight/Trimark Group Cl A COMM 499067106 408 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Kohl's COMM 500255104 7206 70300.00 SH SOLE 70300.00
Kroger COMM 501044101 544 31000.00 SH SOLE 31000.00
LaBranche & Company COMM 505447102 203 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Laboratory Corp of Amer COMM 50540R102 63 14920.00 SH SOLE 14920.00
Lee Enterprises COMM 523768109 251 9600.00 SH SOLE 9600.00
Lee Enterprises Cl B COMM 523768208 418 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Legg Mason COMM 524901105 216 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Prods COMM B5628B104 12988117541.00 SH SOLE 117541.00
Libertyone COMM 19 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Lightpath Technologies COMM 532257102 135 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Loral Space & Communications COMM G56462107 1328131200.00 SH SOLE 131200.00
Lowe's Companies COMM 548661107 1302 22300.00 SH SOLE 22300.00
Lucent Technologies COMM 549463107 2359 38516.00 SH SOLE 38516.00
Luxottica Group ADR COMM 55068R202 612 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Lycos COMM 550818108 562 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
MBNA COMM 55262L100 493 19350.00 SH SOLE 19350.00
MCI WorldCom COMM 55268B106 15300337650.00 SH SOLE 337650.00
McAfee.com Cl A COMM 579062100 116 2250.00 SH SOLE 2250.00
McKesson HBOC COMM 58155Q103 220 10500.00 SH SOLE 10500.00
Medallion Financial COMM 583928106 2554151900.00 SH SOLE 151900.00
Medix Resources COMM 585011109 34 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Merck & Company COMM 589331107 870 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Mesa Air Group COMM 590479101 125 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Metris Companies COMM 591598107 6339163050.00 SH SOLE 163050.00
Metromedia International Group COMM 591695101 456 81000.00 SH SOLE 81000.00
Microsoft COMM 594918104 5026 47300.00 SH SOLE 47300.00
Modis Professional Services COMM 607830106 1531123700.00 SH SOLE 123700.00
Molex Cl A COMM 608554200 1414 31875.00 SH SOLE 31875.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COMM 617446448 331 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Mylan Laboratories COMM 628530107 715 26000.00 SH SOLE 26000.00
NCO Group COMM 628858102 4938154624.00 SH SOLE 154624.00
NEXTLINK Communications Cl A COMM 65333H707 3735 30200.00 SH SOLE 30200.00
NFO Worldwide COMM 629103102 6328271600.00 SH SOLE 271600.00
NTN Communications COMM 629410309 28 7000.00 SH SOLE 7000.00
Net Perceptions COMM 64107U101 598 16200.00 SH SOLE 16200.00
Netegrity COMM 64110P107 411 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Netro COMM 64114R109 111 1700.00 SH SOLE 1700.00
Network Associates COMM 640938106 2083 64600.00 SH SOLE 64600.00
Newell Rubbermaid COMM 651229106 3151127010.00 SH SOLE 127010.00
Nordstrom COMM 655664100 926 31400.00 SH SOLE 31400.00
Northern Trust COMM 665859104 1128 16700.00 SH SOLE 16700.00
Odetics COMM 676065204 82 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Office Depot COMM 676220106 8877767700.00 SH SOLE 767700.00
Oracle COMM 68389X105 3747 48000.00 SH SOLE 48000.00
PETsMART COMM 716768106 120 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
PNV COMM 69348A103 54 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Pacific Internet COMM Y66183107 954 25400.00 SH SOLE 25400.00
Paychex COMM 704326107 6453123200.00 SH SOLE 123200.00
PepsiCo COMM 713448108 2685 77000.00 SH SOLE 77000.00
Perceptron COMM 71361F100 1378220500.00 SH SOLE 220500.00
PerfectData COMM 713727105 185 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Pfizer COMM 717081103 1594 43600.00 SH SOLE 43600.00
Pharmacia COMM 71713U102 154 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Philip Morris Companies COMM 718154107 762 36050.00 SH SOLE 36050.00
Phoenix Investment Partners COMM 719085102 232 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
Pioneer Group COMM 723684106 465 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Prandium COMM 73972W100 18 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Price Communications COMM 741437305 2123 92283.97 SH SOLE 92283.97
Priceline.com COMM 741503106 640 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Profit Recovery Group Internat COMM 743168106 4025217550.00 SH SOLE 217550.00
Programmer's Paradise COMM 743205106 221 38000.00 SH SOLE 38000.00
Promotions.com COMM 94768K100 119 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Qualcomm COMM 747525103 48601325500.00 SH SOLE 325500.00
Quest Education COMM 74835F102 172 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Quintiles Transnational COMM 748767100 4803281500.00 SH SOLE 281500.00
Redback Networks COMM 757209101 540 1800.00 SH SOLE 1800.00
Reliance Group Holdings COMM 759464100 52 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Reuters Group PLC COMM 761324201 2853 23900.00 SH SOLE 23900.00
Robotic Vision Systems COMM 771074101 1968123000.00 SH SOLE 123000.00
Royal Dutch Petroleum NY 5 Gui COMM 780257804 116 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
SAVVIS Communications COMM 805423100 90 5100.00 SH SOLE 5100.00
SDL COMM 784076101 341 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
SICOR COMM 825846108 415 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Safeguard Scientifics COMM 786449108 207 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Safeway COMM 786514208 801 17700.00 SH SOLE 17700.00
Satyam Infoway ADR COMM 804099109 161 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Schein (Henry) COMM 806407102 950 58700.00 SH SOLE 58700.00
Schering-Plough COMM 806605101 1411 38000.00 SH SOLE 38000.00
Scientific Learning COMM 808760102 102 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Sealed Air COMM 812115103 516 9500.00 SH SOLE 9500.00
Sigma-Aldrich COMM 826552101 2059 76600.00 SH SOLE 76600.00
Softbank Investment Intl (Stra COMM 220290000.00 SH SOLE 290000.00
Solectron COMM 834182107 1011 25200.00 SH SOLE 25200.00
Spiros Development COMM 848936100 168 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Sprint (FON Group) COMM 852061100 778 12300.00 SH SOLE 12300.00
Sprint (PCS Group) COMM 852061506 2685 41000.00 SH SOLE 41000.00
Spyglass COMM 852192103 186 2400.00 SH SOLE 2400.00
Staples COMM 855030102 749 37450.00 SH SOLE 37450.00
State Street COMM 857473102 10196105250.00 SH SOLE 105250.00
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 19265205600.00 SH SOLE 205600.00
Surge Components COMM 868908104 46 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
TRO Learning COMM 87263R109 1320110000.00 SH SOLE 110000.00
Teleflex COMM 879369106 1592 45000.00 SH SOLE 45000.00
Tellabs COMM 879664100 1323 21000.00 SH SOLE 21000.00
Thomson Multimedia - Spon ADR COMM 885118109 291 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Time Warner COMM 887315109 1100 11000.00 SH SOLE 11000.00
Titan COMM 888266103 5294103800.00 SH SOLE 103800.00
TranSwitch COMM 894065101 3016 31375.00 SH SOLE 31375.00
Tribune COMM 896047107 7000191450.00 SH SOLE 191450.00
Twentyfour/Seven Media COMM 901314104 197 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Tyco International COMM 902124106 2376 47400.00 SH SOLE 47400.00
U S West COMM 91273H101 3882 53450.00 SH SOLE 53450.00
USA Networks COMM 902984103 180 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
UniFirst COMM 904708104 722 64200.00 SH SOLE 64200.00
United Parcel Service COMM 911312106 151 2400.00 SH SOLE 2400.00
UnitedGlobalCom Cl A COMM 910734102 375 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Vodafone AirTouch COMM 92857T107 1180 21245.00 SH SOLE 21245.00
Warner Chilcott plc ADR COMM 934435207 2104130500.00 SH SOLE 130500.00
Warner Lambert COMM 934488107 1729 17700.00 SH SOLE 17700.00
Western Digital COMM 958102105 104 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Whole Foods Market COMM 966837106 829 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Williams Communications Group COMM 969455104 1427 27500.00 SH SOLE 27500.00
WinStar Communications COMM 975515107 1746 29096.00 SH SOLE 29096.00
X-Rite COMM 983857103 1590157000.00 SH SOLE 157000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 1999 76900.00 SH SOLE 76900.00
Yahoo COMM 984332106 685 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Young & Rubicam COMM 987425105 531 11300.00 SH SOLE 11300.00
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