Back in his office, Allan swal-lowed two aspirin with the one gulpof coffee he had left in his mug. Then be reached for tbe box of crackers bekept in bis top drawer. He knew hesbould get some luneb, but he want-ed to think about tbis issue somemore witbout distraction. Tbe after-noon was booked solid; then hewanted to catch at least part of bisson's iee hockey game at 5:30, and behad to be back in town to participatein a panel discussion on bealtb carefor tbe elderly at S:00. Munching, hethought about Quality Care's posi-tion in the market and the kinds ofthings that had made tbe companysuccessful to date