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Panelist Donna Townsend, who runs a YMCA shelter for both homeless individuals and families, said that at least a third of the area's homeless are not "housing-ready"--that is, they cannot find housing, maintain an apartment or raise children on their own. Another third, she said, "needs some guidance" in order to live independently. She said the hypothetical housing project should provide for free classes on housekeeping, reading and child care...
...furniture makers and metalworkers could achieve the freedom and finesse of detail, the robustness of design that come only from full historical awareness tempered by regional shop practice and local material. Thus they invented forms peculiar to America, like the deeply carved blockfront desk with shell motifs made by Townsend and Goddard in Newport, R.I. But American neoclassical "constitutional" furniture radiates a sense of lightness and straightforwardness; it rejects excess decor as a sign of cultural effeminacy. The rococo did not suit the democratic, mercantile temper. It spoke of royal courts. The desire for a general style that asserted first...
...every ideological camp. As a White House official, he displayed the dedication and dexterity needed to fashion difficult political compromises. And, unlike many economists who flourish mainly in the confines of a college classroom, Greenspan scored a solid success in the corporate world. His highly profitable, 34-year-old Townsend-Greenspan consulting firm numbers among its clients some of the largest U.S. corporations...
...writing was only a sideline, though. After launching his consulting firm with partner William Townsend, Greenspan devoted his energies to building the business. This was especially evident after Townsend died in 1958 and Greenspan acquired 99% of the stock. Today Townsend-Greenspan provides a wide variety of financial data and detailed forecasts about how the economy will perform. The cost to clients: between $15,000 and $200,000 a year...
Heather M. Townsend...