Have you seen the U.S. Near-Term Tax Free Funds' Morningstar ranking of as of
9/30/96?
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th prospectus carefully. You may have a gain or a loss when you sell shares.
Morningstar, a nationally recognized mutual fund rating service, awards ratings
which reflect historical risk-adjusted perforance. Five stars are are awarded to
funds in the top 10% of their category, four stars are awarded to funds in the
next 22.5%. There were 1745, 1013, and 561 National Bond funds for the 1, 3, and
5 year time periods respectively.
