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Exhibit (r)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, an officer of Metropolitan Series
Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation"), do hereby appoint David A. Levene, Christopher
P. Nicholas and Patricia S. Worthington and each of them severally, my true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and
file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or
in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments
thereto, filed by the Corporation under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and to have full power
and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and
every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as
fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or any of them, may do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each of said attorneys-in-fact shall have
power to act hereunder with or without the others.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 16th day of November,
2000.
/s/ Peter H. Duffy
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Peter H. Duffy
