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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors of Babson-Stewart Ivory
International Fund, Inc. (the "Registrant") hereby appoint P.
Bradley Adams, Martin A. Cramer, and Stephen S. Soden (with full
power to each of them to act alone) his attorney-in-fact and
agent, in all capacities, to execute, deliver and file in the
names of the undersigned, any and all instruments that said
attorneys and agents may deem necessary or advisable to enable
the Registrant to comply with or register any security issued by
the Registrant under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the
rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder, including but
not limited to, any registration statement, including any and all
pre- and post-effective amendments thereto, any other document to
be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any
and all documents required to be filed with respect thereto with
any other regulatory authority. Each of the undersigned grants to
each of said attorneys, full authority to do every act necessary
to be done in order to effectuate the same as fully, to all
intents and purposes, as he could do if personally present,
thereby ratifying all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
This Power of Attorney may be executed in one or more
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original,
and all of which shall be deemed to be a single document.
The undersigned officers and directors hereby execute this Power
of Attorney as of the 27th day of July, 2000.
/s/Stephen S. Soden
Stephen S. Soden, Principal
Executive Officer and Director
/s/Francis C. Rood
Francis C. Rood, Director
/s/William H. Russell
William H. Russell, Director
/s/H. David Rybolt
H. David Rybolt, Director
/s/P. Bradley Adams
P. Bradley Adams, Treasurer and
Principal Financial and
Accounting Officer
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