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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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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 20 20000 PRN SOLE 20000
Amer Retirement CVT BD 028913AA9 762 1190000 PRN SOLE 1190000
Amkor Technology CVT BD 031652AA8 2493 2060000 PRN SOLE 2060000
Aspen Technology CVT BD 045327AA1 193 225000 PRN SOLE 225000
Central Garden CVT BD 153527AC0 302 465000 PRN SOLE 465000
Triquint Semiconductor CVT BD 89674KAB9 26 30000 PRN SOLE 30000
Vitesse CVT BD 928497AB2 421 528000 PRN SOLE 528000
Global Telesystems $3.625 cv p CVT PFD 37936U609 400 400000 SH SOLE 400000
Loral Sp & Comm $3.00 cv pfd CVT PFD G56462149 1655 137950 SH SOLE 137950
Media One Group $3.633 PIES CVT PFD 58440J401 536 6600 SH SOLE 6600
Metromedia Int'l $3.625 cv pfd CVT PFD 591695200 334 24000 SH SOLE 24000
SICOR $3.75 cv pfd CVT PFD 372450205 2489 72200 SH SOLE 72200
UnitedGlobalCom $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 913247805 408 25700 SH SOLE 25700
WinStar Comms $3.50 cv pfd CVT PFD 975515875 1130 48350 SH SOLE 48350
ADVO COMM 007585102 3905 88000.00 SH SOLE 88000.00
ASAT Holdings Ltd ADR COMM 00208B105 1816363300.00 SH SOLE 363300.00
AT&T COMM 001957109 655 37995.00 SH SOLE 37995.00
AT&T - Liberty Media Group Cl COMM 001957208 1503110800.00 SH SOLE 110800.00
AT&T EIF lst Exch Sr COMM 294700703 103 743.00 SH SOLE 743.00
AT&T Wireless Group COMM 001957406 398 23000.00 SH SOLE 23000.00
AXT COMM 030514103 3253 98400.00 SH SOLE 98400.00
Abbott Laboratories COMM 002824100 6592136100.00 SH SOLE 136100.00
Ace Cash Express COMM 004403101 703 65000.00 SH SOLE 65000.00
Acxiom COMM 005125109 13977358950.00 SH SOLE 358950.00
Advance Paradigm COMM 007491103 3640 80000.00 SH SOLE 80000.00
Advent Software COMM 007974108 1398 34900.00 SH SOLE 34900.00
Affiliated Managers Group COMM 008252108 3935 71700.00 SH SOLE 71700.00
Agilent Technologies COMM 00846U101 796 14547.00 SH SOLE 14547.00
Albertson's COMM 013104104 530 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Altera COMM 021441100 1171 44500.00 SH SOLE 44500.00
America Online COMM 02364J104 616 17700.00 SH SOLE 17700.00
American Home Products COMM 026609107 191 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Amgen COMM 031162100 703 11000.00 SH SOLE 11000.00
Amkor Technology COMM 031652100 3649235200.00 SH SOLE 235200.00
Anchor Gaming COMM 033037102 1560 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Applied Materials COMM 038222105 2446 64050.00 SH SOLE 64050.00
Arrow Electronics COMM 042735100 114 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Aspen Technology COMM 045327103 2600 78200.00 SH SOLE 78200.00
At Home Cl A COMM 045919107 155 28000.00 SH SOLE 28000.00
Autotote Cl A COMM 053323101 59 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
BMC Software COMM 055921100 1224 87459.00 SH SOLE 87459.00
BP Amoco plc ADR COMM 055622104 133 2782.00 SH SOLE 2782.00
Baxter International COMM 071813109 883 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
BellSouth COMM 079860102 1142 27900.00 SH SOLE 27900.00
Bergen Brunswig Cl A COMM 083739102 6368402300.00 SH SOLE 402300.00
Beverly Enterprises COMM 087851309 42 5100.00 SH SOLE 5100.00
Biotech Holders Trust COMM 09067D201 272 1600.00 SH SOLE 1600.00
Black Box COMM 091826107 2730 56500.00 SH SOLE 56500.00
Block, H & R COMM 093671105 2296 55500.00 SH SOLE 55500.00
Bristol-Myers Squibb COMM 110122108 4606 62300.00 SH SOLE 62300.00
CDW Computer Centers COMM 125129106 3501125600.00 SH SOLE 125600.00
CMGI COMM 125750109 56 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Cardinal Health COMM 14149Y108 13285133350.00 SH SOLE 133350.00
Catalina Marketing COMM 148867104 7542193700.00 SH SOLE 193700.00
Cendant COMM 151313103 453 47100.00 SH SOLE 47100.00
Charlotte Russe Holding COMM 161048103 880 55200.00 SH SOLE 55200.00
Ciena COMM 171779101 6500 80000.00 SH SOLE 80000.00
Cintas COMM 172908105 8428158450.00 SH SOLE 158450.00
Circuit City Stores COMM 172737082 414 36000.00 SH SOLE 36000.00
Cisco Systems COMM 17275R102 1193 31200.00 SH SOLE 31200.00
Citigroup COMM 172967101 1749 34252.01 SH SOLE 34252.01
Cognizant Technology Solutions COMM 192446102 2313 63700.00 SH SOLE 63700.00
Computer Associates Int'l COMM 204912109 643 33000.00 SH SOLE 33000.00
Compuware COMM 205638109 1180188800.00 SH SOLE 188800.00
Concord EFS COMM 206189102 619581410150.00SH SOLE 1410150.00
Constellation Brands Cl A COMM 137219200 2603 44300.00 SH SOLE 44300.00
Costco Wholesale COMM 22160Q102 2274 56950.00 SH SOLE 56950.00
DLJdirect COMM 257661504 150 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
DST Systems COMM 233326107 5387 80400.00 SH SOLE 80400.00
Deutsche Telekom ADR COMM 251566105 102 3500.00 SH SOLE 3500.00
DoubleClick COMM 258609304 213 19400.00 SH SOLE 19400.00
Dun & Bradstreet COMM 26483B106 140 5400.00 SH SOLE 5400.00
E*TRADE Group COMM 269246104 177 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
Earthlink COMM 602683104 1656329200.00 SH SOLE 329200.00
Eaton Vance COMM 278265103 4928152800.00 SH SOLE 152800.00
Edwards Lifesciences COMM 28176E108 2366133300.00 SH SOLE 133300.00
Elan plc ADR COMM 284131208 45850979442.00 SH SOLE 979442.00
Elan wts Cl A 12/31/01 COMM 284131703 46143790450.00 SH SOLE 790450.00
Exodus Communications COMM 302088109 130 6500.00 SH SOLE 6500.00
Exxon Mobil COMM 30231G102 197 2264.00 SH SOLE 2264.00
FTI Consulting COMM 302941109 492 48000.00 SH SOLE 48000.00
Fannie Mae COMM 313586109 538 6200.00 SH SOLE 6200.00
Fastenal Company COMM 311900104 18117330150.00 SH SOLE 330150.00
Federated Investors Cl B COMM 314211103 524 18000.00 SH SOLE 18000.00
Firepond COMM 318224102 113 12000.00 SH SOLE 12000.00
First Data COMM 319963104 3873 73500.00 SH SOLE 73500.00
Flextronics Int'l COMM Y2573F102 2357 82700.00 SH SOLE 82700.00
G & K Services Cl A COMM 361268105 2728 97000.00 SH SOLE 97000.00
Gannett COMM 364730101 3087 48950.00 SH SOLE 48950.00
General Electric COMM 369604103 5552115808.00 SH SOLE 115808.00
General Motors Cl H COMM 370442832 3146136800.00 SH SOLE 136800.00
Geoworks COMM 373692102 59 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Gillette COMM 375766102 1250 34600.00 SH SOLE 34600.00
Harte-Hanks COMM 416196103 348 14700.00 SH SOLE 14700.00
Henry (Jack) & Associates COMM 426281101 7480120400.00 SH SOLE 120400.00
Hewlett-Packard COMM 428236103 679 21510.00 SH SOLE 21510.00
Home Depot COMM 437076102 2577 56400.00 SH SOLE 56400.00
I2 Technologies COMM 465754109 109 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
IDEXX Laboratories COMM 45168D104 528 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
IMPSAT Fiber Networks COMM 45321T103 119 27200.00 SH SOLE 27200.00
IMS Health COMM 449934108 2992110800.00 SH SOLE 110800.00
Infinity Broadcasting Cl A COMM 45662S102 1869 66900.00 SH SOLE 66900.00
Insight Enterprises COMM 45765U103 7143398199.00 SH SOLE 398199.00
Integral Vision COMM 584029102 47100000.00 SH SOLE 100000.00
Internap Network Services COMM 45885A102 366 50500.00 SH SOLE 50500.00
International Business Machine COMM 459200101 155 1820.00 SH SOLE 1820.00
Interpublic Group of Companies COMM 460690100 9170215450.00 SH SOLE 215450.00
Investors Financial Services COMM 461915100 6983 81200.00 SH SOLE 81200.00
J2 Global Communications COMM 477366108 17 60000.00 SH SOLE 60000.00
JDS Uniphase COMM 909149106 20102482210.00 SH SOLE 482210.00
JMAR Technologies COMM 466212107 26 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Jabil Circuit COMM 466313103 1601 63100.00 SH SOLE 63100.00
Johnson & Johnson COMM 478160104 990 9420.00 SH SOLE 9420.00
Kansas City Southern Industrie COMM 485170104 1309129300.00 SH SOLE 129300.00
Keane COMM 486665102 287 29400.00 SH SOLE 29400.00
Knight Trading Group COMM 499067106 111 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Kohl's COMM 500255104 6670109350.00 SH SOLE 109350.00
Kroger COMM 501044101 1294 47800.00 SH SOLE 47800.00
Lee Enterprises COMM 523768109 286 9600.00 SH SOLE 9600.00
Lee Enterprises Cl B COMM 523768208 477 16000.00 SH SOLE 16000.00
Legg Mason COMM 524901105 436 8000.00 SH SOLE 8000.00
Liberate Technologies COMM 530129105 82 6000.00 SH SOLE 6000.00
Lilly (Eli) COMM 532457108 372 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Lowe's Companies COMM 548661107 992 22300.00 SH SOLE 22300.00
Lucent Technologies COMM 549463107 1909141404.00 SH SOLE 141404.00
Luxottica Group ADR COMM 55068R202 687 50000.00 SH SOLE 50000.00
MBNA COMM 55262L100 1195 32350.00 SH SOLE 32350.00
MatrixOne COMM 57685P304 436 24000.00 SH SOLE 24000.00
McKesson HBOC COMM 58155Q103 718 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Medallion Financial COMM 583928106 2017137900.00 SH SOLE 137900.00
Merck & Company COMM 589331107 1451 15500.00 SH SOLE 15500.00
Metris Companies COMM 591598107 5648214650.00 SH SOLE 214650.00
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer COMM 591610100 130 7985.00 SH SOLE 7985.00
Metromedia International Group COMM 591695101 221 85000.00 SH SOLE 85000.00
Microsoft COMM 594918104 3344 77100.00 SH SOLE 77100.00
Molex Cl A COMM 608554200 811 31875.00 SH SOLE 31875.00
Moody's COMM 615369105 277 10800.00 SH SOLE 10800.00
Morgan (J.P.) COMM 616880100 252 1500.00 SH SOLE 1500.00
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter COMM 617446448 799 10076.00 SH SOLE 10076.00
Mylan Laboratories COMM 628530107 756 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
NCO Group COMM 628858102 4131136000.00 SH SOLE 136000.00
Nasdaq-100 Shares COMM 631100104 1214 20800.00 SH SOLE 20800.00
Net Perceptions COMM 64107U101 21 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Newell Rubbermaid COMM 651229106 1960 86150.00 SH SOLE 86150.00
Nordstrom COMM 655664100 426 23400.00 SH SOLE 23400.00
Northern Trust COMM 665859104 1362 16700.00 SH SOLE 16700.00
Office Depot COMM 676220106 4854681200.00 SH SOLE 681200.00
Oracle COMM 68389X105 2921100500.00 SH SOLE 100500.00
PLATO Learning COMM 87263R109 1487 98700.00 SH SOLE 98700.00
Pacific Internet COMM Y66183107 48 20000.00 SH SOLE 20000.00
Paychex COMM 704326107 9210189419.00 SH SOLE 189419.00
PepsiCo COMM 713448108 3420 69000.00 SH SOLE 69000.00
Perceptron COMM 71361F100 324216000.00 SH SOLE 216000.00
Pfizer COMM 717081103 4130 89774.00 SH SOLE 89774.00
Pharmacia COMM 71713U102 183 3000.00 SH SOLE 3000.00
Philip Morris Companies COMM 718154107 1879 42700.00 SH SOLE 42700.00
Phoenix Investment Partners COMM 719085102 471 30000.00 SH SOLE 30000.00
Prandium COMM 73972W100 2 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Price Communications COMM 741437305 1345 80000.00 SH SOLE 80000.00
Procter & Gamble COMM 742718109 149 1900.00 SH SOLE 1900.00
Profit Recovery Group Internat COMM 743168106 3818598900.00 SH SOLE 598900.00
Qualcomm COMM 747525103 27841338750.00 SH SOLE 338750.00
Quintiles Transnational COMM 748767100 2041 97500.00 SH SOLE 97500.00
Qwest Communications Internati COMM 749121109 3654 89393.00 SH SOLE 89393.00
Read-Rite COMM 755246105 50 12500.00 SH SOLE 12500.00
Redback Networks COMM 757209101 334 8150.00 SH SOLE 8150.00
Reuters Group PLC COMM 761324201 2354 23900.00 SH SOLE 23900.00
Riverside Group COMM 769135104 10 14000.00 SH SOLE 14000.00
Robotic Vision Systems COMM 771074101 437159000.00 SH SOLE 159000.00
Royal Dutch Petroleum NY 5 Gui COMM 780257804 121 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
SDL COMM 784076101 296 2000.00 SH SOLE 2000.00
SICOR COMM 825846108 577 40000.00 SH SOLE 40000.00
Safeway COMM 786514208 1119 17900.00 SH SOLE 17900.00
Schering-Plough COMM 806605101 2156 38000.00 SH SOLE 38000.00
Sealed Air COMM 812115103 122 4000.00 SH SOLE 4000.00
Sigma-Aldrich COMM 826552101 605 15400.00 SH SOLE 15400.00
Solectron COMM 834182107 2615 77150.00 SH SOLE 77150.00
Sprint (PCS Group) COMM 852061506 697 34100.00 SH SOLE 34100.00
Staples COMM 855030102 496 42000.00 SH SOLE 42000.00
State Street COMM 857473102 12079 97250.00 SH SOLE 97250.00
Stilwell Financial COMM 860831106 3549 90000.00 SH SOLE 90000.00
Sun Microsystems COMM 866810104 10385372550.00 SH SOLE 372550.00
Teleflex COMM 879369106 2660 60200.00 SH SOLE 60200.00
Tellabs COMM 879664100 1186 21000.00 SH SOLE 21000.00
Terra Lycos ADR COMM 88100W103 91 8600.00 SH SOLE 8600.00
Time Warner COMM 887315109 1090 20860.00 SH SOLE 20860.00
Titan COMM 888266103 1565 96300.00 SH SOLE 96300.00
TranSwitch COMM 894065101 2347 60000.00 SH SOLE 60000.00
Tribune COMM 896047107 7656181200.00 SH SOLE 181200.00
Tyco International COMM 902124106 3127 56350.00 SH SOLE 56350.00
UniFirst COMM 904708104 400 39000.00 SH SOLE 39000.00
Verizon Communications COMM 92343V104 173 3450.00 SH SOLE 3450.00
Vodafone Group ADR COMM 92857T107 788 22005.00 SH SOLE 22005.00
WPP Group ADR COMM 929309300 579 9219.00 SH SOLE 9219.00
Waddell & Reed Financial Cl A COMM 930059100 376 10000.00 SH SOLE 10000.00
Whole Foods Market COMM 966837106 1227 20070.00 SH SOLE 20070.00
Williams Communications Group COMM 969455104 556 47300.00 SH SOLE 47300.00
WinStar Communications COMM 975515107 396 33905.30 SH SOLE 33905.30
WorldCom COMM 55268B106 4036287000.00 SH SOLE 287000.00
X-Rite COMM 983857103 1359174000.00 SH SOLE 174000.00
XO Communications Cl A COMM 65333H707 962 54000.00 SH SOLE 54000.00
Xerox COMM 984121103 509110000.00 SH SOLE 110000.00
Yahoo COMM 984332106 322 10700.00 SH SOLE 10700.00
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