Word: founder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over much of the territory, boastfully but inaccurately declaring it "liberated." The guerrillas, though, have carried the war into both Morocco and Mauritania. Last June Polisario even attempted a mortar attack on the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott (see map). Although the guerrillas lost 200 men, including Polisario's founder, Mohammed Wall, 28, in the battle, they consider the shelling of the Mauritanian capital a great victory. They have brought Mauritania close to economic disaster with periodic attacks on the 450-mile rail line, which brings the country's iron ore to the sea. In the north, Polisario...
...unpompous, handsome, likable Scot, Fraser seemed to have everything going for him a decade ago. He had just taken over the family's thriving retailing business after the death of his father, Lord Fraser of Allander, founder of the House of Fraser and a legendary British merchant. In 30 years, Lord Fraser had built his business from a draper's shop to an empire with sales of about $275 million annually. Sir Hugh moved vigorously into his father's shoes, increasing sales to $500 million in six years and ridding Harrods of some of its crustiness...
William R. Hewlett, president of the Hewlett-Packard Company and founder of the newly-formed Hewlett foundation, consulted with Bok and Price before making the donation...
...vote to decide who buys the company will be made soon by the eight directors of the Irvine Foundation and by 48-year-old Joan Irvine Smith, a granddaughter of the ranch's founder; she controls nearly half of the 45.5% of Irvine stock that is not held by the foundation. Although several board members are leaning toward Mobil's bid, Mrs. Smith favors SMBH & Z's latest offer because it would permit family members to buy back some Irvine Co. shares. Last summer she sued to block Mobil's initial $200 million...
...There's no such thing as an undiscovered paradise," says a California real estate man named Karel van Haefton. "There is only a paradise that someone has found and wants to sell." He should know. At 29, Van Haefton is founder and owner of a most unusual realty company. Operating out of a handsome houseboat on Sausalito's waterfront, it is called Rare Earth Realty, and it sells the kind of land that some people consider, well, paradise...