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To: Frostman who wrote (8601)	5/27/1998 5:41:00 PM
From: Mark A. Stang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

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To: Frostman who wrote (8601)	5/27/1998 6:08:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23519

Frosty, With 2/3 of the float now held in short interest, it looks like it may be difficult for the stock price to drop from being shorted. We now have a real strong base built and any good news can produce a nice run up. I personally don't know of any stock ever holding such a high short interest. All its going to take now is for people to buy and hold. No one can now look at this stock and say that the short interest is not important as to where the stock price can rapidly go to. We have been waiting for our squeeze for 6 months now and I guess we will just keep on waiting no matter how long it will take. After todays trading it sure looks to me like even the market makers don't want to part with their shares anywhere below $10.00/share. Hopefully we will get our FDA approval this week. Repeat after me folks SHORTS WILL BE TOAST.

To: Frostman who wrote (8601)	5/27/1998 11:24:00 PM
From: blankmind	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

- Frostman - I hope you're right - but I find it hard to believe that the short position can be so high - 14.4 million. - That's up 3 million from last month. - I hope you're right. But what's your source. - This could be better than all the other news combined.

To: Frostman who wrote (8601)	5/27/1998 11:40:00 PM
From: VLAD	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23519

Frosty, The more I look at this the more I think things are looking a lot better for the longs. The short interest as of April 15th was 11,456,890 and the stock closed that day at 8 3/4. The short interest as of May 15th was 14,367,284 and the stock closed at 10. So we have increased our short interest by 25% and the stock price was 14% higher. This doesn't sound good for the shorts.