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Exhibit 14(c)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors
and/or officers of Mercury Index Funds, Inc., Mercury QA Equity Series, Inc. and
Mercury QA Strategy Series, Inc. (together, the "Corporations") hereby
nominates, constitutes and appoints Terry K. Glenn, Donald C. Burke and Allan J.
Oster (with full power of each of them to act alone) his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and on his behalf and in his place and stead
and in any and all capacities, to make, execute and sign the Registration
Statements on Form N-1A under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment
Company Act of 1940 of the Corporations and all amendments and supplements
thereto, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and
any other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the offer and sale of
shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Corporations, and
any and all exhibits and other documents requisite in connection therewith,
granting unto said attorneys and each of them, full power and authority to
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
himself might or could do.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this __ day
of April, 2000. This document may be executed by the signatories hereto on
any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
/s/ M. Colyer Crum /s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick
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M. Colyer Crum Laurie Simon Hodrick
Director Director
/s/ Fred G. Weiss /s/ Arthur Zeikel
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Fred G. Weiss Arthur Zeikel
Director Director
