POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints
Susan J. Penry-Williams and Alexandra K. Alberstadt, and each of them, with full
power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities (until revoked in writing) to sign
any and all Registration Statements (including any pre-effective and
post-effective amendments to Registration Statements) under the Securities Act
of 1933, the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any amendments and supplements
thereto, and other documents in connection thereunder, and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
DATED this 3rd day of October, 1999.
/s/ Peter M. Alessi
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Peter M. Alessi
