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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 quarter ended November 30,
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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