Word: great-grandson
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Chairman Peter Stroh, the great-grandson of the firm's founder, saw the acquisition as a defense against the growing power of Busch and Miller. Says he: "Expanding was immensely important to our survival...
Perhaps the most glamorous small brewer is Anchor Brewing Co. of San Francisco, which was saved from bankruptcy in 1965 by Frederick Maytag, the great-grandson of the washing machine company founder. Maytag has developed a national following for his Anchor Steam Beer even though only 25,000 bbl. of the brew were produced last year. The beer, now available in 19 states, including Massachusetts and Georgia, is much praised by savants for its distinctively European taste, which imparts a somewhat heavier bouquet than is common among American brands...
...mother, widow and brother. Joseph Smith III, only eleven when his father died, eventually became head of the largest dissident group, the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Based in Independence, Mo., this church has always been led by direct descendants of the Prophet, currently Great-grandson Wallace B. Smith...
...reform effort concede that a new code will not cure the nation's crime problems, but they are determined to complete the task. Another failure would mean starting all over again next year, and right now fatigue among the bills' backers is so great that many doubt there could be a "Great-grandson...
...biographies. The scholarship is considerable, but she doesn't let it impede the narrative, and though her sympathy for her subject is discernible on very page, Fraser doesn't sentimentalize the story as she did in Mary, Queen of Scots. The difference between her treatment of Mary and her great-grandson may be that Fraser identified with Mary. The earlier biography is glorificatory and sickeningly sweet. Fraser doesn't identify with Charles. She's a little bit in love with him, that...