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To: Amsterdam who wrote (1099)	12/22/1998 6:57:00 PM
From: WTSherman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1670

It looks to me that this all fits together very well. Cline spent big $ to up his ownership,but, couldn't do that with specific knowledge about a takeover. However, he must clearly have understood that their bottom line was going to go upside down. With control of at least 17% of the shares, I would think he's in a pretty strong position to move this ahead and he has perfect rationale for the SEC(I didn't know the quarter would be this bad, so we had to make a quick sale). The other possibility is that Cline and his group make an offer(probably a lowball) to take the company private. Tomorrow may actually be an interesting opportunity. I think the stock will be hit hard in the early going and then may turn around as speculators buy in on the takeover possibility. My guess is that the company is taken out fairly quickly for $17-20. IMO only...