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...father's carefully groomed heir apparent before the blowup, filed suit to recover more than $2 million in cash and stock that he claimed was owed him under employment contracts. And in divorce court, Gloria sued for legal separation from her husband of 45 years. Charging that Herbert had beaten her, conducted extramarital affairs and engaged in financial chicanery, Gloria demanded control of either Dart or the family's real estate company. Responding through a lawyer, Haft denied any wrongdoing and accused Gloria and Robert of forming an "unholy partnership" to seize control of the family's holdings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken In Haft | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...Herbert, 72, the battle marks a brutal climax to a career that has left behind a trail of business enemies. He fought with his brother-in-law, who charged in a lawsuit that Haft had cheated him out of investments in the family's drugstore chain. When Haft's brother Leonard sided with the brother- in-law, Herbert broke off relations with Leonard for 15 years. Herbert made frequent use of his toughness in the 1980s, when he and Robert mounted campaigns to take over such retailing giants as Dayton Hudson and Safeway Foods. While the Hafts never purchased those...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken In Haft | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...Herbert's steely, in-your-face style complemented Robert's gentler, laid- back manner. A Harvard Business School graduate, Robert founded Crown Books in 1977 and built it into one of the first successful book discount chains with his pitch "Books just cost too much!" Herbert took pride in such achievements and kept increasing his son's responsibilities. Since the two fell out last spring, however, Robert has been reduced to waiting outside the Washington Post offices at 3:45 a.m. to read the latest developments in the family feud; the only communications he gets from his father are daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken In Haft | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

...conflict first flared at an April board meeting when Robert, who was becoming eager to succeed his father as Dart chairman, clashed with him over plans to expand a single store. While Herbert wanted to increase the company's Total Beverage liquor operations, Robert pointed out that the only existing Total outlet was operating at a loss. The split widened in May when Gloria Haft, 66, defended her son at a Crown Books meeting and beseeched her husband to end the quarrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken In Haft | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

Even family members have had trouble comprehending Herbert's subsequent virulence. Sources close to the family surmise that the elder Haft, who had heart problems in 1991, regards his son's eagerness to take over as an unwelcome reminder of his own mortality. The Donnybrook also puzzles investors on Wall Street, where Dart stock, a highflyer in the '80s, has been languishing. Beset by growing competition and the sluggish economy, Dart saw its profits fall to $3.5 million in its latest fiscal year, down 44% from the previous period...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broken In Haft | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

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