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<LEGEND>
This Schedule Contains Summary Financial Information
Extracted From (a) Item 7 - "Financial Statements And Supplementary
Data" And Is Qualified In Its Entirety By Reference To Such (b)
Financial Statements Included In This Report And Incorporated Herein
By Reference.
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