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AMERICAN GROWTH SERIES
INDIVIDUAL VARIABLE ANNUITY CONTRACTS
ISSUED BY
NEW ENGLAND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
SUPPLEMENT DATED MAY 1, 1998
TO PROSPECTUS DATED MAY 1, 1998
For Contracts issued in Texas, the minimum guaranteed death benefit will be
recalculated on the sixth Contract Anniversary, and every sixth year
anniversary thereafter until the Contract Owner's (or, if applicable, the
Annuitant's) 76th birthday to determine whether a higher (but never a lower)
guarantee will apply. (For a jointly owned Contract, this recalculation will
be made every six years until the 71st birthday of the older Contract Owner.)
For Contracts issued in other states, these recalculations will occur every
seventh year, as described in the prospectus. For more information about the
minimum guaranteed death benefit, see "Payment on Death Prior to
Annuitization."
VA-154-98
