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EXHIBIT 99.1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf
of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D and a Tender Offer Statement on
Schedule 14D-1 (including, in each case, amendments thereto) with respect to the
Series A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Companies, and
further agree that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an exhibit to such
joint filing. In evidence thereof, the undersigned hereby execute this Joint
Filing Agreement as of October 7, 1999
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