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                                   EXHIBIT 24


                               POWERS OF ATTORNEY



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, hereby constitutes and appoints HARVEY
SCHULWEIS and JAMES H. BERICK, and each of them, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said Trust, said Annual Report and any
and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
such Annual Report, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in the
premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do
if personally present, hereby approving the acts of said attorney, and any such
substitute.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of
February, 2003.


                                            /s/ Nancy F. Beck
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                                            Nancy F. Beck



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, hereby constitutes and appoints HARVEY
SCHULWEIS and JAMES H. BERICK, and each of them, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said Trust, said Annual Report and any
and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
such Annual Report, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in the
premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do
if personally present, hereby approving the acts of said attorney, and any such
substitute.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of
February, 2003.


                                            /s/ H. Grant Hathaway
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                                            H. Grant Hathaway





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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, hereby constitutes and appoints HARVEY
SCHULWEIS, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as attorney to
sign for the undersigned and in my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said
Trust, said Annual Report and any and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and
any and all applications and documents to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pertaining to such Annual Report, with full power and
authority to do and perform any and all acts and things whatsoever requisite,
necessary or advisable to be done in the premises, as fully and for all intents
and purposes as the undersigned could do if personally present, hereby approving
the acts of said attorney, and any such substitute.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of
February, 2003.


                                            /s/ James H. Berick
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                                            James H. Berick



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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


The undersigned Trustee of The Town and Country Trust (the "Trust"), a Maryland
real estate investment trust, which anticipates filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., under the provisions of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the Trust's
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, hereby constitutes and appoints HARVEY
SCHULWEIS and JAMES H. BERICK, and each of them, with full power of substitution
and resubstitution, as attorneys or attorney to sign for the undersigned and in
my name, place and stead, as Trustee of said Trust, said Annual Report and any
and all amendments and exhibits thereto, and any and all applications and
documents to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to
such Annual Report, with full power and authority to do and perform any and all
acts and things whatsoever requisite, necessary or advisable to be done in the
premises, as fully and for all intents and purposes as the undersigned could do
if personally present, hereby approving the acts of said attorney, and any such
substitute.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of
February, 2003.


                                            /s/ Milton A. Wolf
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                                            Milton A. Wolf