EXHIBIT 99.j2


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

   We, the undersigned Directors/Officers of the following investment company:

                       AMERICAN CENTURY MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
                    AMERICAN CENTURY WORLD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC.
                    AMERICAN CENTURY CAPITAL PORTFOLIOS, INC.
               AMERICAN CENTURY STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATIONS, INC.
               AMERICAN CENTURY ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS, INC.
                   AMERICAN CENTURY VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.
                                  ("THE FUNDS")

hereby constitute and appoint David C. Tucker, Charles A. Etherington,  David H.
Reinmiller,  Charles C.S. Park, Janet A. Nash,  Brian L. Brogan,  Otis H. Cowan,
Kathleen Gunja Nelson,  and Christine J. Crossley,  each of them singly, my true
and lawful  attorneys-in-fact,  with full power of  substitution,  and with full
power  to each of  them,  (a) to sign  for me and in my name in the  appropriate
capacities,  all Registration  Statements of the Fund on Form N-1A, Form N-8A or
any  successor  thereto,  any  and  all  subsequent  Amendments,   Pre-Effective
Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements on Form
N-1A or any successor thereto, any Registration Statements on Form N-14, and any
supplements or other  instruments in connection  therewith;  (b) to make,  file,
execute, amend and withdraw documents of every kind, and to take other action of
whatever  kind  they may  elect,  for the  purpose  of  complying  with all laws
relating to the sale of securities of the Fund; and (c) generally to do all such
things in my name and behalf in connection  therewith as said  attorneys-in-fact
deem necessary or  appropriate,  to comply with the provisions of the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements
of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We hereby ratify and confirm all that
said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.  This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after
November 16, 2004.

This power of attorney may be executed in  counterparts,  each of which shall be
deemed  an  original,  but all of  which  shall  constitute  one  and  the  same
instrument.

     WITNESS my hand on this 16th day of November, 2004.

                                    SIGNATURE

/s/ James E. Stowers, Jr.               /s/ Donald H. Pratt
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James E. Stowers, Jr.                   Donald H. Pratt


/s/ James E. Stowers III                /s/ Gale E. Sayers
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James E. Stowers III                    Gale E. Sayers


/s/ Thomas A. Brown                     /s/ M. Jeannine Strandjord
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Thomas A. Brown                         M. Jeannine Strandjord


/s/ Andrea C. Hall                      /s/ Timothy S. Webster
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Andrea C. Hall                          Timothy S. Webster


/s/ D. D. (Del) Hock                    /s/ William M. Lyons
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D. D. (Del) Hock                        William M. Lyons


                                        /s/ Maryanne Roepke
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                                        Maryanne Roepke