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AMERICAN GROWTH SERIES
Individual Variable Annuity Contracts
Issued by
New England Life Insurance Company
Supplement dated October 29, 1999
to Prospectus dated April 30, 1999
For Contracts issued in New York, the minimum guaranteed death benefit will
be recalculated at the beginning of each contract anniversary 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 at the beginning of each contract
anniversary until the 71st birthday of the older Contract Owner.) For more
information about the minimum guaranteed death benefit, see "Payment on Death
Prior to Annuitization."
