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To: William Epstein who wrote (821)	4/14/1999 5:33:00 PM
From: Mark Madden	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1989

PHOTOMAN, I like the operating earnings separated from the one time charges. It makes it easier to determine margins and the strength of the industry. Growth rate in earnings is more meaningful when it does not include the costs of business decisions not related to quarterly sales. We do need to realize that one time charges are negative and reduce the growth rate of stockholders equity. However, we will never be able to find a pattern of a series of one time charges. We can not predict the amount of future one time charges beyond what the company warns us of; even if they seem to occur every quarter. But at least, a quarter with large one time charges will not make us think that margins are tightening and the future looks dim. Mark