text: (b) Operating leases 
  
  The Company also has noncancelable operating rental leases for office space which expire over the next 3 to 9 years. Rent expense under 
  these leases amounted to $1.4 million, $2.1 million, and $1.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2000, 1999, and 1998, 
  re s p e c t i v e l y. 
  
  (c) Future minimum lease payments 
  
  F u t u re minimum lease payments under the capital leases and the noncancelable operating lease (with initial or remaining lease terms in 
  excess of one year) as of December 31, 2000 are: 
  
  C a p i t a l 
  L e a s e s  O p e r a t i n g 
  L e a s e s 
  *(in thousands)*
  
  5 , 1 3 7. 
  4 , 4 7 0. 
  2 , 9 5 1. 
  1 , 5 1 2. 
  3 6 3. 
  — .  1 , 3 1 5 
  1 , 0 4 9 
  7 7 9 
  5 1 5 
  5 1 5 
  8 2 
  
  1 4 , 4 3 3. 
  ( 2 , 9 3 3 ) 