<TABLE> <S> <C>
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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted form the Scudder
Pathway Series: Conservative Portfolio Annual Report for the fiscal year ended
8/31/2000 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial
statements.
</LEGEND>
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<NAME> SCUDDER PATHWAY SERIES
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