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                                  SIGNATURES
 
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, THE
REGISTRANT HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REPORT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE
UNDERSIGNED THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED.
 
                                          Zapata Corporation
 
November 13, 1995                         By: /s/ Joseph L. Von Rosenberg III
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                                              JOSEPH L. VON ROSENBERG III
                                              VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL
                                              AND CORPORATE SECRETARY
 
November 13, 1995                         By: /s/ Lamar C. McIntyre
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                                              LAMAR C. MCINTYRE
                                              VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL
                                              OFFICER,
                                              TREASURER AND ASSISTANT
                                              SECRETARY
 
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