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EXHIBIT 10(FF)

(1)      AMENDMENT TO LONG-TERM INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, Section 2.1(g) of the
Company's Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan is amended in its entirety to
read as follows:

           (g) "Fair Market Value" as of any date means the immediately
               preceding trading day's New York Stock Exchange-only closing
               price of a share of Stock.

(2)      AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEES' STOCK DEFERRAL PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the Employees' Stock Deferral
Plan is amended by deleting the phrase "the average of the high and low prices
per share of Common Stock reported on the consolidated tape of the New York
Stock Exchange" that appears in Sections 4, 5, 8 and 9, and substituting in
place thereof the phrase "the New York Stock Exchange-only closing price per
share of Common Stock ."

(3)      AMENDMENT TO 1999 DIRECTORS STOCK OPTION PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the definition of "Fair
Market Value" set forth in Section II of the Wells Fargo & Company 1999
Directors Stock Option Plan is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

       Fair Market Value The New York Stock Exchange-only closing price
                         per share of the Common Stock for the trading day
                         immediately preceding the option grant date or
                         exercise date, as the case may be.

(4)      AMENDMENT TO DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the Norwest Corporation
Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors is amended by deleting the
phrase "as reported on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange"
that appears in the last sentence of paragraph 5(d), in the last sentence of
paragraph 6(c) regarding payments on or after December 1, 1999, in the second to
the last sentence of paragraph 7(c), and in the last sentence of paragraph 7(e),
and substituting in place thereof the phrase "on the New York Stock Exchange
only."

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(5)      AMEND DIRECTORS' STOCK DEFERRAL PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the Norwest Corporation
Directors' Stock Deferral Plan is amended by deleting the phrase "as reported on
the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange" that appears in the last
sentence of Section 4 and the fifth sentence of Section 9.b and by deleting the
phrase "reported on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange" that
appears in the last sentence of Sections 7 and 8 and the fourth sentence of
Section 9.b, and by substituting in place thereof the phrase "on the New York
Stock Exchange only."

(6)      AMEND DIRECTORS' FORMULA STOCK AWARD PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the Directors' Formula Stock
Award Plan is amended by deleting the phrase "the closing price per share of
Common Stock reported on the consolidated tape of the New York Stock Exchange"
which appears in the last sentence of Sections 7 and 8 and in the second to the
last sentence of Section 9, and substituting in place thereof the phrase "the
New York Stock Exchange-only closing price per share of Common Stock."

(7)      AMEND 1999 DEFERRAL PLAN FOR DIRECTORS:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the definition of "Fair
Market Value" set forth in Section II of the Wells Fargo & Company 1999 Deferral
Plan for Directors is amended in its entirety to read as follows:

        Fair Market Value The New York Stock Exchange-only closing price per
                          share of the Common Stock as of the trading day
                          immediately preceding the transaction and/or grant
                          date.

(8)      AMEND 1999 DIRECTORS FORMULA STOCK AWARD PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, Section 2e of the Wells Fargo
& Company 1999 Directors Formula Stock Award Plan is amended in its entirety to
read as follows:

         e. VALUATION. The fair market value shall be determined using the New
     York Stock Exchange-only closing price of a share of Common Stock for the
     trading day immediately preceding the date as of which the determination is
     made.

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(9)      AMEND SUPPLEMENTAL 401(K) PLAN:

         RESOLVED that effective November 1, 2000, the Wells Fargo & Company
Supplemental 401(k) Plan is amended by deleting the phrase "the closing price
per share of Company common stock reported on the consolidated tape of the New
York Stock Exchange" that appears in Sections 10(c) and 10(e), and substituting
in place thereof the phrase "the New York Stock Exchange-only closing price per
share of Company common stock."

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 4.1

                  COMMON STOCK                                     COMMON STOCK

                            [PICTURE OF SPHERION CORPORATION STAFF]

   NUMBER                                                              SHARES

S

                  INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
                   OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                                           SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

                                                    CUSIP 848420 10 5

                                  SPHERION CORPORATION

                 THIS CERTIFIES THAT

                 is the owner of

     FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE PAR VALUE OF $.01 EACH, OF
     THE COMMON STOCK OF

SPHERION CORPORATION TRANSFERABLE ON THE BOOKS OF THE CORPORATION IN PERSON
OR BY DULY AUTHORIZED ATTORNEY UPON SURRENDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE PROPERLY
ENDORSED. THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE SHARES OF STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY, ARE
ISSUED AND SHALL BE HELD SUBJECT TO ALL THE PROVISIONS OF THE CERTIFICATE OF
INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS OF THE CORPORATION, AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, TO
ALL OF WHICH THE HOLDER BY ACCEPTING THIS CERTIFICATE ASSENTS. THIS
CERTIFICATE IS NOT VALID UNTIL COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED BY THE TRANSFER
AGENT AND REGISTRAR.

     WITNESS THE SEAL OF THE CORPORATION AND THE SIGNATURES OF ITS DULY
AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.

[SEAL OF SPHERION CORPORATION]

American Bank Note Company

DATED:

COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
       THE BANK OF NEW YORK
                    TRANSFER AGENT
                    AND REGISTRAR,

BY                  /s/ Lisa G. Iglesias

                      GENERAL COUNSEL, VICE PRESIDENT  /s/ Raymond Marcy
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE           AND SECRETARY           PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
                                                       EXECUTIVE OFFICER

                                                           [SPHERION LOGO]

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     THE FOLLOWING ABBREVIATIONS, WHEN USED IN THE INSCRIPTION ON THE FACE OF
THIS CERTIFICATE, SHALL BE CONSTRUED AS THOUGH THEY WERE WRITTEN OUT IN FULL
ACCORDING TO APPLICABLE LAWS OR REGULATIONS:

TEN COM  -AS TENANTS IN COMMON       UNIF GIFT MIN ACT-_______CUSTODIAN_______
TEN ENT  -AS TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETIES                 (CUST)          (MINOR)
JT TEN   -AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF         UNDER UNIFORM GIFTS TO MINORS
          SURVIVORSHIP AND NOT AS TENANTS        ACT__________________________
          IN COMMON                                            (STATE)

TOD      -TRANSFER ON DEATH DIRECTION IN EVENT OF OWNER'S DEATH, TO
          PERSON NAMED ON FACE AND SUBJECT TO TOD RULES REFERENCED

     ADDITIONAL ABBREVIATIONS MAY ALSO BE USED THOUGH NOT IN THE ABOVE LIST.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED______________________HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER UNTO

   PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
       IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________
  PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________SHARES
OF THE CAPITAL STOCK REPRESENTED BY THE WITHIN CERTIFICATE AND DO HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTE AND APPOINT

________________________________________________________________________ATTORNEY
TO TRANSFER THE SAID STOCK ON THE BOOKS OF THE WITHIN-NAMED CORPORATION WITH
FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION IN THE PREMISES.

DATED

                                   X___________________________________________

NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE(S) TO THIS
ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND WITH
THE NAME(S) AS WRITTEN UPON THE
FACE OF THE CERTIFICATE IN EVERY
PARTICULAR WITHOUT ALTERATION OR
ENLARGEMENT OR ANY CHANGE WHATEVER.

                                   X___________________________________________

                                   ___________________________________________
                                   THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN
                                   ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS,
                                   STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS
                                   AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN
                                   APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION
                                   PROGRAM) PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.

THIS CERTIFICATE ALSO EVIDENCES AND ENTITLES THE HOLDER HEREOF TO CERTAIN
RIGHTS AS SET FORTH IN A RIGHTS AGREEMENT BETWEEN SPHERION CORPORATION
(THE "COMPANY") AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK (THE "RIGHTS AGENT"), DATED AS OF
MARCH 17, 1994, AS AMENDED (THE "RIGHTS AGREEMENT"), THE TERMS OF WHICH ARE
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE AND A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE AT THE
PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES OF THE COMPANY. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, AS
SET FORTH IN THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT, SUCH RIGHTS MAY BE REDEEMED, MAY EXPIRE, OR
MAY BE EVIDENCED BY SEPARATE CERTIFICATES AND NO LONGER BE EVIDENCED BY THIS
CERTIFICATE. THE COMPANY WILL MAIL TO THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE A COPY
OF THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE WITHIN FIVE DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF A
WRITTEN REQUEST THEREFOR. UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, RIGHTS ISSUED TO OR
HELD BY ACQUIRING PERSONS OR THEIR AFFILIATES OR ASSOCIATES (AS DEFINED IN
THE RIGHTS AGREEMENT) AND ANY SUBSEQUENT HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS MAY BECOME
NULL AND VOID.

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