EXHIBIT 99.a17


               AMERICAN CENTURY STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATIONS, INC.

                             ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

     AMERICAN CENTURY STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATIONS,  INC., a Maryland corporation
whose  principal  Maryland  office  is  located  in  Baltimore,   Maryland  (the
"Corporation"),  hereby  certifies to the State  Department of  Assessments  and
Taxation of Maryland that:

     FIRST:  The  Corporation  is  registered  as an open-end  company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940.

     SECOND: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors by
Article  FIFTH and  Article  SEVENTH of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation,  the Board of Directors of the  Corporation  has (i)  established R
class of shares of the Strategic Allocation: Conservative Fund and the Strategic
Allocation:  Aggressive  Fund and (ii)  increased in some cases and decreased in
some  cases the number of shares of capital  stock of  certain  series  that the
Corporation  has authority to issue in accordance  with Section  2-105(c) of the
Maryland General Corporation Law (the "Reallocation").

     THIRD:  Immediately  prior  to the  Reallocation  the  Corporation  had the
authority  to  issue  One  Billion  (1,000,000,000)  shares  of  capital  stock.
Following  the  Reallocation,  the  Corporation  has the  authority to issue One
Billion (1,000,000,000) shares of capital stock.

     FOURTH:  The par value of shares of the Corporation's  capital stock before
the Reallocation was, and after the Reallocation is, One Cent ($0.01) per share.

     FIFTH:  Immediately prior to the  Reallocation,  the aggregate par value of
all shares of stock that the Corporation was authorized to issue was Ten Million
Dollars  ($10,000,000).  After giving effect to the Reallocation,  the aggregate
par value of all shares of stock that the  Corporation is authorized to issue is
Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000).

     SIXTH: Immediately prior to the Reallocation,  the four (4) Series of stock
of the  Corporation and the number of shares and aggregate par value of each was
as follows:

         SERIES                           NUMBER OF SHARES   AGGREGATE PAR VALUE

Strategic Allocation: Conservative Fund    250,000,000            $2,500,000

Strategic Allocation: Moderate Fund        470,000,000            $4,700,000

Strategic Allocation: Aggressive Fund      270,000,000            $2,700,000

Newton Fund                                10,000,000              $100,000



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     SEVENTH:  Immediately prior to the  Reallocation,  the number of shares and
aggregate par value of each allocated among the Classes of shares is as follows:



                                                   NUMBER OF
                                                   SHARES              AGGREGATE
      SERIES NAME               CLASS NAME         ALLOCATED           PAR VALUE
      -----------               ----------         ---------           ---------

Strategic Allocation:           Investor          110,000,000        $1,100,000
 Conservative Fund              Institutional      60,000,000           600,000
                                Service                     0                 0
                                A                  10,000,000           100,000
                                B                  10,000,000           100,000
                                C                  10,000,000           100,000
                                Advisor            50,000,000           500,000

Strategic Allocation:           Investor          225,000,000        $2,250,000
 Moderate Fund                  Institutional     120,000,000         1,200,000
                                Service                     0                 0
                                Advisor            90,000,000           900,000
                                A                  10,000,000           100,000
                                B                  10,000,000           100,000
                                C                  10,000,000           100,000
                                R                   5,000,000            50,000

Strategic Allocation:           Investor          150,000,000        $1,500,000
 Aggressive Fund                Institutional      20,000,000           200,000
                                Service                     0                 0
                                Advisor            70,000,000           700,000
                                A                  10,000,000           100,000
                                B                  10,000,000           100,000
                                C                  10,000,000           100,000

Newton Fund                     Investor           10,000,000          $100,000


     EIGHTH: Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors by
Article  FIFTH and  Article  SEVENTH of the  Articles  of  Incorporation  of the
Corporation, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has allocated One Billion
(1,000,000,000)  shares of the One Billion  (1,000,000,000) shares of authorized
capital stock of the  Corporation.  As a result of the action taken by the Board
of Directors referenced in Article SECOND of these Articles  Supplementary,  the
four (4)  Series  of stock of the  Corporation  and the  number  of  shares  and
aggregate par value of each is as follows:


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         SERIES                    NUMBER OF SHARES         AGGREGATE PAR VALUE
         ------                    ----------------         -------------------
Strategic Allocation:
 Conservative Fund                   250,000,000                 $2,500,000

Strategic Allocation:
 Moderate Fund                       475,000,000                 $4,750,000

Strategic Allocation:
 Aggressive Fund                     270,000,000                 $2,700,000

Newton Fund                           15,000,000                   $ 50,000

     NINTH:  Pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Directors by
Article FIFTH and Article SEVENTH of the Articles of Incorporation, the Board of
Directors of the  Corporation (a) has duly  established  classes of shares (each
hereinafter referred to as a "Class") for the Series of the capital stock of the
Corporation and (b) has allocated the shares designated to the Series in Article
EIGHTH above among the Classes of shares. As a result of the action taken by the
Board of Directors, the Classes of shares of the four (4) Series of stock of the
Corporation  and the  number of  shares  and  aggregate  par value of each is as
follows:


                                                   NUMBER OF
                                                   SHARES             AGGREGATE
      SERIES NAME             CLASS NAME          ALLOCATED           PAR VALUE
      -----------             ----------          ---------           ---------

Strategic Allocation:         Investor           115,000,000        $1,150,000
 Conservative Fund            Institutional       60,000,000           600,000
                              Service                      0                 0
                              A                    5,000,000            50,000
                              B                    5,000,000            50,000
                              C                    5,000,000            50,000
                              R                    5,000,000            50,000
                              Advisor             55,000,000           550,000

Strategic Allocation:         Investor           230,000,000        $2,300,000
 Moderate Fund                Institutional      125,000,000         1,250,000
                              Service                      0                 0
                              Advisor            100,000,000         1,000,000
                              A                    5,000,000            50,000
                              B                    5,000,000            50,000
                              C                    5,000,000            50,000
                              R                    5,000,000            50,000

Strategic Allocation:         Investor           155,000,000        $1,550,000
 Aggressive Fund              Institutional       20,000,000           200,000
                              Service                      0                 0
                              Advisor             75,000,000           750,000
                              A                    5,000,000            50,000
                              B                    5,000,000            50,000
                              C                    5,000,000            50,000
                              R                    5,000,000            50,000
Newton Fund                   Investor             5,000,000           $50,000


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     TENTH:  Except as  otherwise  provided by the express  provisions  of these
Articles  Supplementary,  nothing herein shall limit, by inference or otherwise,
the  discretionary  right of the Board of  Directors to  serialize,  classify or
reclassify and issue any unissued  shares of any Series or Class or any unissued
shares that have not been  allocated  to a Series or Class,  and to fix or alter
all terms thereof,  to the full extent provided by the Articles of Incorporation
of the Corporation.

     ELEVENTH: A description of the series and classes of shares,  including the
preferences,   conversion  and  other  rights,   voting  powers,   restrictions,
limitations  as to  dividends,  qualifications,  and  terms and  conditions  for
redemption is set forth in the Articles of  Incorporation of the Corporation and
is not  changed by these  Articles  Supplementary,  except  with  respect to the
creation and/or designation of the various Series.

     TWELFTH: The Board of Directors of the Corporation duly adopted resolutions
dividing into Series and Classes the authorized capital stock of the Corporation
and allocating shares to each as set forth in these Articles Supplementary.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, AMERICAN CENTURY STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATIONS,  INC. has
caused these Articles  Supplementary  to be signed and  acknowledged in its name
and on its  behalf  by its  Vice  President  and  attested  to by its  Assistant
Secretary on this 13th day of January, 2005.



                                          AMERICAN CENTURY
ATTEST:                                   STRATEGIC ASSET ALLOCATIONS, INC.


/s/ Otis H. Cowan                         /s/ Charles A. Etherington
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Name:  Otis H. Cowan                      Name:   Charles A. Etherington
Title: Assistant Secretary                Title:  Vice President


     THE  UNDERSIGNED  Vice  President  of  AMERICAN  CENTURY   STRATEGIC  ASSET
ALLOCATIONS,  INC.,  who executed on behalf of said  Corporation  the  foregoing
Articles Supplementary to the Charter, of which this certificate is made a part,
hereby  acknowledges,  in the name of and on  behalf  of said  Corporation,  the
foregoing Articles  Supplementary to the Charter to be the corporate act of said
Corporation,  and  further  certifies  that,  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge,
information and belief,  the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to
the approval  thereof are true in all material  respects  under the penalties of
perjury.

Dated:  January 13, 2005                  /s/ Charles A. Etherington
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                                          Charles A. Etherington, Vice President


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