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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 476 690000 PRN SOLE 690000
Amkor Technology CVT BD 031652AA8 4429 2060000 PRN SOLE 2060000
Aspen Technology CVT BD 045327AA1 178 225000 PRN SOLE 225000
Central Garden CVT BD 153527AC0 342 465000 PRN SOLE 465000
Loral Sp & Comm $3.00 cv pfd CVT PFD 543885206 1684 27600 SH SOLE 27600
Media One Group $3.633 PIES CVT PFD 58440J401 713 6600 SH SOLE 6600
SICOR $3.75 cv pfd CVT PFD 372450205 2091 69700 SH SOLE 69700
UnitedGlobalCom $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 913247805 458 7500 SH SOLE 7500
WinStar Comms $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 975515875 1525 19300 SH SOLE 19300
ADVO COMM 007585102 1995 84000.00 SH SOLE 84000.00
AT&T COMM 001957109 2513 49456.00 SH SOLE 49456.00
AT&T - Liberty Media Group Cl COMM 001957208 369 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
Abbott Laboratories COMM 002824100 3257 89695.00 SH SOLE 89695.00
Ace Cash Express COMM 004403101 548 29600.00 SH SOLE 29600.00
Acxiom COMM 005125109 7937330700.00 SH SOLE 330700.00
AdForce COMM 006867105 428 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Advance Paradigm COMM 007491103 1565 72600.00 SH SOLE 72600.00
Advent Software COMM 007974108 1115 17300.00 SH SOLE 17300.00
Affiliated Managers Group COMM 008252108 1973 48800.00 SH SOLE 48800.00
Albertsons COMM 013104104 816 25300.00 SH SOLE 25300.00
Altera COMM 021441100 396 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
America Online COMM 02364J104 1324 17450.00 SH SOLE 17450.00
American Home Products COMM 026609107 118 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
American Xtal Technology COMM 030514103 1486 85200.00 SH SOLE 85200.00
Amgen COMM 031162100 601 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Amkor Technology COMM 031652100 1763 62400.00 SH SOLE 62400.00
Anchor Gaming COMM 033037102 860 19800.00 SH SOLE 19800.00
Applied Materials COMM 038222105 2027 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Ariba COMM 04033V104 106 600.00 SH SOLE 600.00
Arrow Electronics COMM 042735100 101 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Aspen Technology COMM 045327103 2469 93400.00 SH SOLE 93400.00
At Home Cl A COMM 045919107 913 21300.00 SH SOLE 21300.00
Autotote Cl A COMM 053323101 65 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
BMC Software COMM 055921100 3605 45100.00 SH SOLE 45100.00
BP Amoco plc ADR COMM 055622104 148 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Baker, Fentress & Company COMM 057213100 565 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
BellSouth COMM 079860102 1353 28900.00 SH SOLE 28900.00
Bergen Brunswig Cl A COMM 083739102 1487178916.00 SH SOLE 178916.00
Black Box COMM 091826107 2780 41500.00 SH SOLE 41500.00
Block, H & R COMM 093671105 2209 50500.00 SH SOLE 50500.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COMM 110122108 327 5100.00 SH SOLE 5100.00
CDW Computer Centers COMM 125129106 2862 36400.00 SH SOLE 36400.00
CMGI COMM 125750109 969 3500.00 SH SOLE 3500.00
CacheFlow COMM 126946102 261 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Canandaigua Brands Cl A COMM 137219200 2315 45400.00 SH SOLE 45400.00
Cardinal Health COMM 14149Y108 4460 93150.00 SH SOLE 93150.00
Catalina Marketing COMM 148867104 7998 69100.00 SH SOLE 69100.00
Cendant COMM 151313103 1291 48600.00 SH SOLE 48600.00
Central Parking COMM 154785109 153 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Ceridian COMM 15677T106 216 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Charlotte Russe Holding COMM 161048103 189 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
ChiRex COMM 170038103 762 52100.00 SH SOLE 52100.00
Ciena COMM 171779101 2472 43000.00 SH SOLE 43000.00
Cintas COMM 172908105 6386120200.00 SH SOLE 120200.00
Circuit City Stores COMM 172737082 1081 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
Cisco Systems COMM 17275R102 1307 12200.00 SH SOLE 12200.00
Citigroup COMM 172967101 728 13071.00 SH SOLE 13071.00
Clear Channel Communications COMM 184502102 1504 16850.00 SH SOLE 16850.00
Cognizant Technology Solutions COMM 192446102 5028 46000.00 SH SOLE 46000.00
Compuware COMM 205638109 1226 32900.00 SH SOLE 32900.00
Concord EFS COMM 206189102 321151247200.00SH SOLE 1247200.00
Costco Wholesale COMM 22160Q102 1200 13150.00 SH SOLE 13150.00
DLJdirect COMM 257661504 151 11100.00 SH SOLE 11100.00
DST Systems COMM 233326107 2526 33100.00 SH SOLE 33100.00
DoubleClick COMM 258609304 3582 14155.00 SH SOLE 14155.00
Dun & Bradstreet COMM 264830100 342 11600.00 SH SOLE 11600.00
Dura Pharmaceuticals COMM 26632S109 1703122200.00 SH SOLE 122200.00
EBay COMM 278642103 238 1900.00 SH SOLE 1900.00
EarthLink COMM 602683104 11429432800.00 SH SOLE 432800.00
Eaton Vance COMM 278265103 2888 76000.00 SH SOLE 76000.00
Elan plc ADR COMM 284131208 423271434800.00SH SOLE 1434800.00
Elan wts Cl A 12/31/01 COMM 284131703 23367805750.00 SH SOLE 805750.00
FTI Consulting COMM 345518104 490 98000.00 SH SOLE 98000.00
Fannie Mae COMM 313586109 387 6200.00 SH SOLE 6200.00
Fastenal COMM 311900104 15393342550.00 SH SOLE 342550.00
Federated Investors Cl B COMM 314211103 241 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
First Data COMM 319963104 3542 71822.00 SH SOLE 71822.00
Fleet Boston Financial COMM 338915101 290 8344.00 SH SOLE 8344.00
GTE Corp COMM 362320103 176 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Gallagher (Arthur) & Company COMM 363576109 327 5051.00 SH SOLE 5051.00
Gannett COMM 364730101 1762 21600.00 SH SOLE 21600.00
Gartner Group Cl A COMM 366651107 152 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
General Electric COMM 369604103 5932 38336.00 SH SOLE 38336.00
Geoworks COMM 373692102 335 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Gillette COMM 375766102 1332 32350.00 SH SOLE 32350.00
Global Crossing Ltd. COMM G3921A100 150 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Henry (Jack) & Associates COMM 426281101 3232 60200.00 SH SOLE 60200.00
Home Depot COMM 437076102 2496 36300.00 SH SOLE 36300.00
IDEXX Laboratories COMM 45168D104 387 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
IMS Health COMM 449934108 3483128100.00 SH SOLE 128100.00
Infinity Broadcasting Cl A COMM 45662S102 2316 64000.00 SH SOLE 64000.00
InfoCure COMM 45665A108 1865 59800.00 SH SOLE 59800.00
Insight Enterprises COMM 45765U103 10372255300.00 SH SOLE 255300.00
Integral Vision COMM 584029102 212100000.00 SH SOLE 100000.00
International Business Machine COMM 459200101 129 1200.00 SH SOLE 1200.00
International FiberCom COMM 45950T101 213 27000.00 SH SOLE 27000.00
Internet Capital Group COMM 46059C106 102 600.00 SH SOLE 600.00
Internet HOLDRs Trust COMM 46059W102 203 1200.00 SH SOLE 1200.00
Interpublic Group of Companies COMM 460690100 4055 70300.00 SH SOLE 70300.00
Investors Financial Services COMM 461915100 1748 38000.00 SH SOLE 38000.00
JDS Uniphase COMM 909149106 75807469940.00 SH SOLE 469940.00
Jabil Circuit COMM 466313103 1526 20900.00 SH SOLE 20900.00
Jfax.com COMM 477366108 67 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Johnson & Johnson COMM 478160104 149 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
Kansas City Southern Industrie COMM 485170104 1957 26220.00 SH SOLE 26220.00
Keane COMM 486665102 3106 96700.00 SH SOLE 96700.00
KeyCorp COMM 493267108 359 16228.00 SH SOLE 16228.00
Knight/Trimark Group Cl A COMM 499067106 368 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Kohl's COMM 500255104 5262 72900.00 SH SOLE 72900.00
Kroger COMM 501044101 302 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Lee Enterprises COMM 523768109 307 9600.00 SH SOLE 9600.00
Lee Enterprises Cl B COMM 523768208 514 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Legg Mason COMM 524901105 181 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Prods COMM B5628B104 5783125041.00 SH SOLE 125041.00
Loral Space & Communications COMM G56462107 3289135300.00 SH SOLE 135300.00
Lowe's Companies COMM 548661107 1038 17380.00 SH SOLE 17380.00
Lucent Technologies COMM 549463107 1837 24500.00 SH SOLE 24500.00
Luxottica Group ADR COMM 55068R202 439 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
Lycos COMM 550818108 358 4500.00 SH SOLE 4500.00
MBNA COMM 55262L100 527 19350.00 SH SOLE 19350.00
MCI WorldCom COMM 55268B106 17940338100.00 SH SOLE 338100.00
MacroChem COMM 555903103 42 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
McAfee.com Cl A COMM 579062100 135 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
McKesson HBOC COMM 58155Q103 390 17350.00 SH SOLE 17350.00
Medallion Financial COMM 583928106 2996167000.00 SH SOLE 167000.00
Merck & Company COMM 589331107 909 13530.00 SH SOLE 13530.00
Mesa Air Group COMM 590479101 161 34000.00 SH SOLE 34000.00
Metris Companies COMM 591598107 5419151850.00 SH SOLE 151850.00
Microsoft COMM 594918104 5429 46500.00 SH SOLE 46500.00
Modis Professional Services COMM 607830106 1784125200.00 SH SOLE 125200.00
Molex Cl A COMM 608554200 1163 25700.00 SH SOLE 25700.00
Monsanto COMM 611662107 106 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COMM 617446448 285 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Mylan Laboratories COMM 628530107 756 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
NBC Internet Cl A COMM 62873D105 154 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
NCO Group COMM 628858102 3908129724.00 SH SOLE 129724.00
NEXTLINK Communications Cl A COMM 65333H707 2409 29000.00 SH SOLE 29000.00
NFO Worldwide COMM 629103102 5357239400.00 SH SOLE 239400.00
Net2Phone COMM 64108N106 115 2500.00 SH SOLE 2500.00
Netegrity COMM 64110P107 228 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Network Associates COMM 640938106 1724 64600.00 SH SOLE 64600.00
Newell Rubbermaid COMM 651192106 3799131010.00 SH SOLE 131010.00
Nordstrom COMM 655664100 616 23400.00 SH SOLE 23400.00
Northern Trust COMM 665859104 885 16700.00 SH SOLE 16700.00
Northland Cranberries Cl A COMM 666499108 60 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Odetics COMM 676065204 151 11200.00 SH SOLE 11200.00
Office Depot COMM 676220106 9198836200.00 SH SOLE 836200.00
Oracle COMM 68389X105 2689 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
PETsMART COMM 716768106 230 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
PNV COMM 69348A103 98 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
Pacific Internet COMM Y66183107 1164 24800.00 SH SOLE 24800.00
Paychex COMM 704326107 4984124600.00 SH SOLE 124600.00
Peapod COMM 704718105 216 25000.00 SH SOLE 25000.00
PepsiCo COMM 713448108 2968 84200.00 SH SOLE 84200.00
Perceptron COMM 71361F100 892223000.00 SH SOLE 223000.00
PerfectData COMM 713727105 29 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Pfizer COMM 717081103 1291 39800.00 SH SOLE 39800.00
Philip Morris Companies COMM 718154107 368 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Pioneer Group COMM 723684106 769 48800.00 SH SOLE 48800.00
Prandium COMM 500485107 6 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Price Communications COMM 741437305 2567 92283.97 SH SOLE 92283.97
Priceline.com COMM 741503106 104 2200.00 SH SOLE 2200.00
Profit Recovery Group Internat COMM 743168106 1735 65300.00 SH SOLE 65300.00
Programmer's Paradise COMM 743205106 358 47000.00 SH SOLE 47000.00
Promotions.com COMM 94768K100 178 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
Qualcomm COMM 747525103 63304359428.00 SH SOLE 359428.00
Quest Education COMM 74835F102 87 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Quintiles Transnational COMM 748767100 4813257550.00 SH SOLE 257550.00
Rawlings Sporting Goods COMM 754459105 69 11500.00 SH SOLE 11500.00
Redback Networks COMM 757209101 124 700.00 SH SOLE 700.00
Reliance Group Holdings COMM 759464100 99 15000.00 SH SOLE 15000.00
Reuters Group PLC COMM 761324201 2101 26000.00 SH SOLE 26000.00
Robotic Vision Systems COMM 771074101 1313142000.00 SH SOLE 142000.00
Royal Dutch Petroleum NY 5 Gui COMM 780257705 121 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Rural/Metro COMM 781748108 128 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
Safeway COMM 786514208 383 10700.00 SH SOLE 10700.00
Schein (Henry) COMM 806407102 1161 87200.00 SH SOLE 87200.00
Schering-Plough COMM 806605101 593 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Sealed Air COMM 812115103 389 7500.00 SH SOLE 7500.00
Sigma-Aldrich COMM 826552101 2973 98900.00 SH SOLE 98900.00
Simione Central Holdings COMM 828654202 94 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
Solectron COMM 834182107 913 9600.00 SH SOLE 9600.00
Spiros Development II uts COMM 848935201 160 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Sprint (FON Group) COMM 852061100 835 12400.00 SH SOLE 12400.00
Sprint (PCS Group) COMM 852061506 2255 22000.00 SH SOLE 22000.00
Staples COMM 855030102 808 38950.00 SH SOLE 38950.00
State Street COMM 857473102 7639104550.00 SH SOLE 104550.00
Sterling Commerce COMM 859205106 2023 59500.00 SH SOLE 59500.00
Sterling Software COMM 859547101 1449 46000.00 SH SOLE 46000.00
Sun Healthcare Group COMM 866933104 1 29230.00 SH SOLE 29230.00
Sun Healthcare Group 144a COMM 866933104 1 14615.00 SH SOLE 14615.00
Sun Microsystems COMM 866810104 16092207800.00 SH SOLE 207800.00
Sycamore Networks COMM 871206108 185 600.00 SH SOLE 600.00
TRO Learning COMM 87263R109 591110000.00 SH SOLE 110000.00
TeleBanc Financial COMM 87925R109 234 9000.00 SH SOLE 9000.00
Teleflex COMM 879369106 1428 45600.00 SH SOLE 45600.00
Tellabs COMM 879664100 1155 18000.00 SH SOLE 18000.00
Thomson Multimedia - Spon ADR COMM 885118109 107 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
TranSwitch COMM 894065101 1469 20250.00 SH SOLE 20250.00
Tribune COMM 896047107 7621138400.00 SH SOLE 138400.00
Twentyfour/Seven Media COMM 901314104 281 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Tyco International COMM 902124106 1872 48000.00 SH SOLE 48000.00
U S West COMM 91273H101 2646 36750.00 SH SOLE 36750.00
USA Networks COMM 902984103 166 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
UniFirst COMM 904708104 1297102700.00 SH SOLE 102700.00
UnitedGlobalCom Cl A COMM 910734102 353 5000.00 SH SOLE 5000.00
Vodafone AirTouch COMM 92857T107 1052 21245.00 SH SOLE 21245.00
Warner Chilcott plc ADR COMM 934435207 1579155000.00 SH SOLE 155000.00
Warner Lambert COMM 934488107 1450 17700.00 SH SOLE 17700.00
Whole Foods Market COMM 966837106 927 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Williams Communications Group COMM 969455104 778 26900.00 SH SOLE 26900.00
WinStar Communications COMM 975515107 1582 21029.00 SH SOLE 21029.00
X-Rite COMM 983857103 981157000.00 SH SOLE 157000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 1064 46900.00 SH SOLE 46900.00
Yahoo COMM 984332106 865 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
Young & Rubicam COMM 987425105 545 7700.00 SH SOLE 7700.00
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