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<LEGEND>
This  schedule  contains  summary  financial   information  extracted  from  the
consolidated  balance  sheets  and  consolidated  statements  of  income  in the
Company's Quarterly Report to Shareholders for the three months ended August 31,
1998 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME>     MORRISON HEALTH CARE, INC.                   
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