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To: John Rieman who wrote (35901)	9/14/1998 8:13:00 AM
From: Grantcw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Sigma and Toshiba? Looks like Sigma got another one... biz.yahoo.com Grant

To: John Rieman who wrote (35901)	9/14/1998 1:21:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

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