[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 205 (Monday, October 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57462-57465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27786]


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FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION


Granting of Request for Early Termination of the Waiting Period 
Under the Premerger Notification Rules

    Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. Sec. 18a, as added by 
Title II of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, 
requires persons contemplating certain mergers or acquisitions to give 
the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant Attorney General advance 
notice and to wait designated periods before consummation of such 
plans. Section 7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies, in individual 
cases, to terminate this waiting period prior to its expiration and 
required that notice of this action be published in the Federal 
Register.
    The following transactions were granted early termination of the 
waiting period provided by law and the premerger notification rules. 
The grants were made by the Federal Trade Commission and the Assistant 
Attorney General for the Antitrust Division of the Department of 
Justice. Neither agency intends to take any action with respect to 
these proposed acquisitions during the applicable waiting period.

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       Trans No.                  Acquiring                     Acquired                      Entities
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/27/1999
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19994405..............  Nycomed Amersham plc........  Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc..  Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
19994513..............  The Hain Food Group, Inc....  H.J. Heinz Company..........  H.J. Heinz Company.
19994514..............  H.J. Heinz Company..........  The Hain Food Group, Inc....  The Hain Food Group, Inc.
19994604..............  Michael J. Cantanucci.......  Malcolm S. Pray, Jr.........  Pray Automobile Corp.
19994644..............  Vedior NV...................  Select Appointments           Select Appointments
                                                       (Holdings) PLC.               (Holdings) PLC.
19994664..............  Hellman & Friedman Capital    Anthony E. Bakker...........  Blackbaud, Inc.
                         Partners, Ill, L.P.
19994665..............  ING Groep N.V...............  BHF Bank Aktiengesellschaft.  BHF Bank Aktiengesellschaft.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/27/1999
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19994372..............  PECO Energy Company.........  Illinova Corporation........  Illinois Power Company.
19994373..............  British Energy plc..........  Illinova Corporation........  Illinois Power Company.
19994375..............  Green Equity Investors, II,   Lee Enterprises,              Lee Enterprises,
                         L.P.                          Incorporated.                 Incorporated.
19994391..............  FirstEnergy Corp............  The Williams Companies, Inc.  Volunteer Energy, L.L.C.
19994420..............  RoweCom Inc.................  Dawson Holdings PLC.........  Dawson, Inc.
19994425..............  Waste Management, Inc.......  Andrew A. Schweizer.........  Aagard Sanitation, Inc
19994445..............  Carlisle Companies            Titan International, Inc....  Titan International, Inc.
                         Incorporated.
19994446..............  Maurice M. Taylor, Jr.......  Carlisle Companies            Carlisle Companies
                                                       Incorporated.                 Incorporated.
19994463..............  Datatec Limited.............  Marion Wilson...............  AllTech Data Systems, Inc.
19994483..............  AutoNation, Inc.............  Gerald M. Gleason...........  Golf Mill Ford, Inc.
                                                                                    Jerry Gleason Chevrolet,
                                                                                     Inc.
                                                                                    Jerry Gleason Dodge, Inc.
19994509..............  Morgenthaler Venture          William Kuchera.............  C.O.A. Management Company,
                         Partners IV, L.P.                                           Inc.
                                                                                    Kuchera Defense Industries,
                                                                                     Inc.
                                                                                    Kuchera Industries, Inc.
19994537..............  Hutchison Whampoa Limited...  VoiceStream Wireless          VoiceStream Wireless
                                                       Corporation.                  Corporation.
19994549..............  Harry T. Rose...............  Applebee's International,     Applebee's of Pennsylvania,
                                                       Inc.                          Inc.
19994553..............  RailWorks Corporation.......  William Troy Byler..........  W.T. Byler Co., Inc.
19994565..............  AT&T Corp...................  UnitedGlobalCom, Inc........  UnitedGlobalCom, Inc.
19994566..............  AT&T Corp...................  Tickets.com, Inc............  Tickets.com, Inc.
19994570..............  IWKA Akiengesellschaft......  Norman G. Ulmer.............  Key Welder Corp.
19994576..............  Alan L. Levy................  Viatel, Inc.................  Viatel, Inc.
19994577..............  Asahi Organic Chemicals       Asahi/America, Inc..........  Asahi/America, Inc.
                         Industry Co., Ltd.
19994578..............  Cordant Technologies Inc....  Robert Kanminski Revocable    Continental/Midland, Inc.
                                                       Trust 6/17/88.               KORE II, Inc.
                                                                                    KORE, Inc.
19994580..............  Quantum Industrial Holdings,  Onvoy, Inc..................  Onvoy, Inc.
                         Ltd.
19994581..............  Hughes Supply, Inc..........  James G. Doyle..............  Reaction Supply Corporation.
19994586..............  Sunrise Capital Partners,     SubMicron Systems             SubMicron Systems
                         L.P.                          Corporation.                  Corporation.
19994587..............  Group 1 Automotive, Inc.....  Don Bohn Ford, Inc..........  Don Bohn Ford, Inc.

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19994599..............  Kevin J. Laughlin...........  Lucent Technologies, Inc....  Lucent Technologies, Inc.
19994600..............  John L. Drew................  Lucent Technologies, Inc....  Lucent Technologies, Inc.
19994601..............  Vernon R. Anderson..........  Lucent Technologies, Inc....  Lucent Technologies, Inc.
19994602..............  Alfred West.................  Viatel, Inc.................  Viatel, Inc.
19994605..............  Gerald W. Schwartz..........  John Humphrey and James       Nelson Metal Products
                                                       Humphrey, Voting Trustees.    Corporation.
19994607..............  AT&T Corp...................  AT&T Corp...................  District Cablevision Limited
                                                                                     Partnership.
19994608..............  GTCR Fund VI, L.P...........  Metamor Worldwide, Inc......  Metamor Information
                                                                                     Technology Service Inc.
19994611..............  Prodigy Communications        Joseph D. Fail..............  U.S. Republic
                         Corporation.                                                Communications, Inc.
19994615..............  Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P...  Stolberg Partners, L.P......  Advanced Telecommunications,
                                                                                     Inc.
19994622..............  Joseph Littlejohn & Levy      Tenet Healthcare Corporation  Tenet Healthcare
                         Fund III, L.P.                                              Corporation.
19994623..............  Watonwan Farm Service         Truman Farmers Elevator       Truman Farmers Elevator
                         Company.                      Company.                      Company.
19994624..............  Power Packaging Inc.........  Jeffrey D. Hettinger........  PBP Secialty Beverage, Inc.
19994629..............  The Western and Southern      Countrywide Credit            Countrywide Financial
                         Life Insurance Company.       Industries, Inc.              Services, Inc.
19994630..............  The Reynolds and Reynolds     William G. Ziercher.........  Sterling Direct, Inc.
                         Company.
19994632..............  Advance America, Cash         Steve A. and Brenda G.        McKenzie Check Advance.
                         Advance Centers, Inc.         McKenzie.                    National Cash Advance and
                                                                                     Union Cash Advance.
19994633..............  Steve A. and Brenda G.        Advance America, Cash         Advance America, Cash
                         McKenzie.                     Advance Centers, Inc.         Advance Centers, Inc.
19994636..............  Cox Enterprises, Inc........  Pengo, L.L.C................  Smith Management, LLC.
19994638..............  Carlton Communications Pic..  Norddeutscher Rundfunk......  Hamdon Entertainment, a
                                                                                     general partnership.
19994640..............  AT&T Corp...................  Media/Communications          Triad Holdings I, LLC.
                                                       Partners II Limited
                                                       Partnership.
19994642..............  Summit Ventures V, L.P......  Somera Communications, Inc..  Somera Communications, Inc.
19994645..............  American Plumbing &           Stephen F. Turner...........  Atlas Plumbing & Mechanical,
                         Mechanical, Inc.                                            Inc.
19994646..............  MBNA Corporation............  Hancock Holding Corporation.  Hancock Bank of Louisiana,
                                                                                     Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
19994647..............  Banca Intesa S.p.A..........  Banca Commerciale Italiana    Banca Commerciale Italiana
                                                       S.p.A.                        S.p.A.
19994650..............  Bracknell Corporation.......  Nationwide Electric, Inc....  Nationwide Electric, Inc.
19994659..............  AT&T Corp...................  Newco.......................  Newco.
19994663..............  William P. and Patricia R.    NCH Corporation.............  Resource Electronics, Inc.
                         Carlton (husband and wife).
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/29/1999
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19994408..............  Engineered Support Systems,   ESCO Electronics Corporation  Systems & Electronics Inc.
                         Inc.
19994471..............  Michael D. Garvey...........  Hawaiian Electric             Hawaiian Tug & Barge.
                                                       Industries, Inc.             Young Brothers, Limited
19994497..............  General Electric Company....  John V. Saeman, Jr..........  Camp Systems International,
                                                                                     LLC.
19994561..............  Hooper Holmes, Inc..........  Pediatric Services of         Paramedical Services of
                                                       America, Inc.                 America, Inc.
19994590..............  AutoNation, Inc.............  DKK Holding Company, Ltd....  DKK Holding Company, Ltd.
19994595..............  AutoNation, Inc.............  Kenneth Nichols.............  Nichols Ford, Inc.
19994603..............  Bank of America Corporation.  The Allstate Corporation....  Hollinee, L.L.C.
19994610..............  Rolls-Royce plc.............  First Aviation Services Inc.  National Airmotive
                                                                                     Corporation.
19994613..............  Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.  Players International, Inc..  Players International, Inc.
19994635..............  National Equipment Services,  Keith Griggs................  Safety Lights Sales and
                         Inc..                                                       Leasing, Inc. of Texas.
19994657..............  Autoweb. com, Inc...........  Kenneth R. Thomason (a        The Gale Group, Inc.
                                                       Canadian citizen).
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--09/30/1999
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19992563..............  General Electric Company....  Advanced Lighting             Advanced Lighting
                                                       Technologies, Inc.            Technologies, Inc.
19994128..............  Plains Cooperative Oil Mill,  Yazoo Valley Oil Mill, Inc..  Yazoo Valley Oil Mill, Inc.
                         Inc.
19994340..............  Brooks Automation, Inc......  Jenoptik AG.................  Jenoptik Infab, Inc.
19994341..............  Jenoptik AG.................  Brooks Automation, Inc......  Brooks Automation, Inc.
19994398..............  Affiliated Computer           General American Life         Consultec, LLC.
                         Services, Inc.                Insurance Company.
19994422..............  Land O' Lakes, Inc..........  Swiss Valley Farms, Co......  Swiss Valley Farms, Co.
19994423..............  Richard W. Couch............  Patrick M. Byrne............  Centricut Automation, LLC,
                                                                                     Haverford Industries, LLC.
                                                                                    Centricut, LLC, Centricut
                                                                                     Manufacturing, LLC.
19994475..............  New York Life Insurance       PlanetRx.com, Inc...........  PlanetRx.com, Inc.
                         Company.
19994511..............  GKN plc.....................  Borg-Warner Automotive, Inc.  Borg-Warner Automotive
                                                                                     Automatic Transmission
                                                                                     Systems Corp.
19994572..............  Integrated Electrical         Britt Rice..................  Britt Rice Electric, Inc.
                         Services, Inc.
19994583..............  Wastequip, Inc..............  Galbreath Inc...............  Galbreath Inc.
19994621..............  Northern States Power         Northeast Utilities.........  Northeast Utilities.
                         Company.

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19994631..............  Dyno ASA....................  Kamilche Company............  Simpson Timber Company.
19994643..............  Carousel Capital Partners,    Fresh Foods, Inc............  Claremont Restaurant Group,
                         L.P.                                                        LLC.
                                                                                    Fresh Foods Sales, LLC
19994648..............  Golder, Thoma, Cressey,       APL Healthcare Group, Inc...  APL Healthcare Group, Inc.
                         Rauner Fund V, L.P.                                        APL Properties, LLC.
                                                                                    Associated Pathologists,
                                                                                     Chartered.
19994651..............  Reed International P.L.C....  National Soft Drink           National Soft Drink
                                                       Association.                  Association.
19994652..............  Elsevier NV.................  National Soft Drink           National Soft Drink
                                                       Association.                  Association.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/04/1999
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19994330..............  Nortel Networks Corporation.  Periphonics Corporation.....  Periphonics Corporation.
19994436..............  Telefonaktiebolaget L M       Dr. Rajendra Singh..........  LLC Europe, AS.
                         Ericsson.                                                  LLC International Inc
19994532..............  Behrman Capital II L.P......  ICG Communications, Inc.....  ICG Fiber Optic
                                                                                     Technologies, Inc.
19994591..............  Industrial & Financial        Effective Management          Effective Management
                         Systems.                      Systems, Inc.                 Systems, Inc.
19994654..............  Terex Corporation...........  Allegheny Teledyne            Teledyne Specialty
                                                       Incorporated.                 Equipment; Teledyne B.V.
19994656..............  Flextronics International     Thomas C. Albright and Susie  Circuit Board Assemblers,
                         Ltd.                          C. Albright.                  Inc.
                                                                                    EMC International, Inc.
19994667..............  Madaus Aktiengesellschaft...  MMS Holding Company.........  MMS Holding Company.
19994668..............  International Multifoods      Allen Kruh..................  Better Brands, Inc.
                         Corporation.                                               Windsor Circle, LLC.
19994670..............  G.T.C. Transcontinental       Laurence N. Weiss...........  Forms Inc.
                         Group Ltd.                                                 Newton Business Forms Corp.
                                                                                    Spectra Mail, Inc.
19994674..............  W. Marvin Rush..............  Edward Donahue, Sr..........  New Mexico Peterbilt, Inc.
                                                                                    Southwest Peterbilt, Inc.
                                                                                    Southwest Truck Center, Inc.
19994675..............  American Express Company....  GetThere.com, Inc...........  GetThere.com, Inc.
19994676..............  Softbank Corp...............  Scott A. Blum Separate        Buy.Com, Inc.
                                                       Property Trust U/D/T 8/2/95.
19994679..............  Citadel Communications        CAT Communications, Inc.....  Caribou Communications Co.
                         Corporation.
19994684..............  United Rentals, Inc.........  Burch Family Investments,     Burch-Lowe, Inc.
                                                       L.P.
19994689..............  JAKKS Pacific, Inc..........  Colorbok Paper Products, Inc  Colorbok Paper Products,
                                                                                     Inc.
19994692..............  Quantum Industrial Holdings,  Greenwich Street Capital      Day International Group,
                         Ltd.                          Partners, L.P.                Inc.
19994693..............  Vodafone AirTouch Plc.......  Blackstone CCI Capital        CommNet Cellular, Inc.
                                                       Partners L.P.
19994698..............  Station Casinos Inc.........  Hilton Hotels Corp..........  Flamingo Hilton Riverboat
                                                                                     Casino, L.P.
19994700..............  Freedom Securities            The Hill Thompson Group, Ltd  The Hill Thompson Group,
                         Corporation.                                                Ltd.
19994701..............  Netopia, Inc................  WBL Corporation Ltd.........  StarNet Technologies, Inc.
19994703..............  Florida Progress Corporation  EARTHCO.....................  ECO Synfuel Group, LLC
19994705..............  Burlington Resources Inc....  Poco Petroleums Ltd.........  Poco Petroleums Ltd.
19994706..............  Kenneth L. Schnitzer, Jr....  Beck Imports Limited          Beck Imports Limited
                                                       Partnership.                  Partnership.
19994707..............  Douglas W. Schnitzer........  Beck Imports Limited          Beck Imports Limited
                                                       Partnership.                  Partnership.
19994709..............  Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P...  Buhrmann NV.................  Buhrmann NV.
19994711..............  Bain Capital VI Coinvestment  Buhrmann NV.................  Buhrmann NV.
                         Fund, L.P.
19994712..............  Bayer AG....................  Berwind Group Partners......  Elastochem, Inc.
19994713..............  Apollo Investment Fund IV,    Buhrmann NV.................  Buhrmann NV.
                         LP.
19994726..............  Warburg, Pincus, Equity       Kidd Kamm Equity Partners,    Wright Medical Technology,
                         Partners, L.P..               L.P.                          Inc.
19994732..............  RSTW Partners III, L.P......  National Paper & Packaging,   National Paper & Packaging,
                                                       Co.                           Co.
19994735..............  Summit Ventures V, L.P......  E-Commerce Exchange, Inc....  E-Commerce Exchange, Inc.
19994741..............  The News Corporation Limited  Mr. Lawrence J. Ellison.....  Knowledge Enterprises, Inc.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/05/1999
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19994574..............  Leucadia National             MK Gold Company.............  MK Gold Company.
                         Corporation.
19994653..............  Amazon.com, Inc.............  Della & James, Inc..........  Della & James, Inc.
19994669..............  Brentwood Associates Private  The Sports Club Company, Inc  Spectrum Club Holding
                         Equity III, L.P.                                            Company.
19994691..............  TenFold Corporation.........  Barclays PLC................  The LongView Group, Inc.
19994716..............  Seneca Foods Corporation....  Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc....  Agrilink Foods, Inc.
19994717..............  Allen Holdings Inc..........  VoiceStream Wireless          VoiceStream Wireless
                                                       Corporation.                  Corporation.
19994719..............  Trident II, L.P.............  Marsh & McLennan Companies,   Sedgwick CMS Holdings, Inc.
                                                       Inc..
19994724..............  Albert Bonnier AB...........  ING Groep N.V...............  De Ster Holding B.V.
19994725..............  EQT Scandinavia Limited.....  ING Groep N.V...............  De Ster Holding B.V.
19994736..............  Lennox International Inc....  The Ducane Company, Inc.....  The Ducane Company, Inc.
19994738..............  J.W. Childs Equity Partners   Morrell M. Avram, M.D.......  AFMSM, Inc.
                         II, L.P.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/06/1999
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19994625..............  Tyco International Ltd......  General Surgical              General Surgical
                                                       Innovations, Inc.             Innovations, Inc.
19994682..............  Bestfoods...................  Case Swayne Holdings, Inc...  Case Swayne Holdings, Inc.
19994745..............  Grupo Mexico, S. A. de C.V..  Asarco Incorporated.........  Asarco Incorporated.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/07/1999
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19994133..............  EMC Corporation.............  Data General Corporation....  Data General Corporation.
19994655..............  Tyco International Ltd......  Vincent W. Foglia...........  Foglia Hills Building
                                                                                     Partnership.
19994685..............  Severn Trent Plc............  Arthur G. Burton............  Del Mar Analytical Lab.,
                                                                                     Inc., North Creek
                                                                                     Analytical, Inc.,
                                                                                    Great Lakes Analytical,
                                                                                     Inc., Star Analytical Lab.,
                                                                                     Inc.,
                                                                                    Oceanic Analytical Lab.,
                                                                                     Inc.
                                                                                    Sequoia Analytical
                                                                                     Laboratory, Inc.
19994694..............  Cendant Corporation.........  Apollo Investment Fund III,   NRT Incorporated.
                                                       L.P.
19994697..............  Info-quest SA, a corporation  AremisSoft Corporation, a     AremisSoft Corporation, a
                         under the laws of Greece.     Delaware corporation.         Delaware corporation.
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                               TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION--10/08/1999
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19994598..............  Hudson United Bank..........  Credit Lyonnais Group.......  Lyon Credit Corporation.
19994686..............  Astec Industries, Inc.......  Phil Jenkins................  American Augers, Inc.
19994695..............  Premiere Technologies, Inc..  Healtheon Corporatioin......  Healtheon Corporation.
19994729..............  American Industrial Partners  Big Sky Trust...............  Consoltex Group Inc.
                         Capital Fund II, L.P..
19994739..............  Primedia, Inc...............  Games & Fish Publications,    Games & Fish Publications,
                                                       Inc.                          Inc.
19994742..............  The Pantry, Inc.............  Michael F. Mansfield........  Kangaroo, Inc.
19994743..............  KKR 1996 Fund, L.P..........  Apollo Investment Fund III,   Alliance Imaging Inc.
                                                       L.P.
19994751..............  Textron Inc.................  Litchfield Financial          Litchfield Financial
                                                       Corporation.                  Corporation.
19994755..............  Ushio, Inc..................  John A. Pollock.............  Electrohome Limited.
19994759..............  U. Bertram Ellis, Jr........  Healtheon Corporation.......  Healtheon Corporation.
19994763..............  SZ Investments, L.L.C.......  Transmedia Network, Inc.....  Transmedia Network, Inc.
19994767..............  Cortec Group Fund II, L.P...  Conxall Corporation.........  Conxall Corporation.
19994788..............  Madison Dearborn Capital      Stericycle, Inc.............  Stericycle, Inc.
                         Partners III, L.P.
19994789..............  Bain Capital Fund VI, L.P...  Stericycle, Inc.............  Stericycle, Inc.
19994801..............  Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber     Tom W. and Elizabeth J. Watt  Apex Building Components,
                         Company.                                                    Inc.
                                                                                    Brookhart's Inc.
19994809..............  H&R Block, Inc..............  B. Ross Angel...............  A.J. & R. Co.
                                                                                    Ten Forty, Inc.
20000026..............  Odyssey Investment Partners   Koch Industries, Inc........  PF.Net Holdings, Limited.
                         Fund, LP.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra M. Peay, or, Parcellena P. 
Fielding, Contact Representatives, Federal Trade Commission, Premerger 
Notification Office, Bureau of Competition, Room 303, Washington, DC 
20580, (202) 326-3100.

    By Direction of the Commission.
Donald S. Clark,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-27786 Filed 10-22-99; 8:45 am]
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