Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, U S WEST, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred
to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") for the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the
1999 U S WEST Non-Executive Stock Plan (the "Plan"), on terms generally
described in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is an Officer or Director, or both,
of the Company as indicated below each signature;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints THOMAS
O. MCGIMPSEY and JILL A. GILPIN, and each of them, as attorneys for him and in
his name, place, and stead, and in his capacity as an Officer or Director of the
Company, to execute and file such Registration Statement, and thereafter to
execute and file any amended registration statement or statements or supplements
thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary
to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and purposes, as
he might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do, or
cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 3rd day of June, 1999.
/s/ SOLOMON D. TRUJILLO
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Solomon D. Trujillo
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
and Director
/s/ ALLAN R. SPIES
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Allan R. Spies
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
/s/ JANET K. COOPER
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Janet K. Cooper
Vice President and Controller
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, U S WEST, Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred
to as the "Company"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") for the
registration of shares of Common Stock of the Company in connection with the
1998 U S WEST Non-Executive Stock Plan (the "Plan"), on terms generally
described in the Plan; and
WHEREAS, each of the undersigned is a Director of the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints THOMAS
O. MCGIMPSEY and JILL A. GILPIN, and each of them, as attorneys for him or her
and in his or her name, place, and stead, and in his or her capacity as a
Director of the Company, to execute and file such Registration Statement, and
thereafter to execute and file any amended registration statement or statements
or supplements thereto, hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite
and necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully, to all intents and
purposes, as he might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully
do, or cause to be done, by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of
Attorney this 3rd day of June, 1999.
/s/ LINDA G. ALVARADO /s/ GEORGE J. HARAD
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Linda G. Alvarado George J. Harad
/s/ CRAIG R. BARRETT /s/ PETER S. HELLMAN
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Craig R. Barrett Peter S. Hellman
/s/ THE HONORABLE HANK BROWN /s/ MARILYN C. NELSON
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The Honorable Hank Brown Marilyn C. Nelson
/s/ FRANK P. POPOFF
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Jerry J. Colangelo Frank P. Popoff
/s/ MANUEL A. FERNANDEZ /s/ SOLOMON D. TRUJILLO
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Manuel A. Fernandez Solomon D. Trujillo