Word: owner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gallery of Sharpton's outrages is full. Less than five years ago, Sharpton's organization--the National Action Network--organized a campaign, together with Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam, to rid 125th Street (Harlem's main shopping street) of "nonblack"-owned businesses. One such owner was Fred Harari, who owned a clothing store named Freddy's on 125th Street and was--horror of horrors...
Little wonder, then, that when Fred wanted to expand his store and told the owner of an adjacent store that his sublease would not be renewed, Sharpton's organization stepped in. Sharpton sent the matter to his organization's Buy Black steering committee and announced at a rally that "we will not stand by and allow them to move this brother so that some white interloper can expand his business on 125th Street...
...proudly say. It's a great thing not to have gas." She adds that with her diet "you can even eat at McDonald's. I order two Big Macs but no buns." This is the kind of talk that men like. Men named Stocky. Stocky White, 37, the owner of a lodge in Livingston, Mont., lost nearly 50 lbs. on the Suzanne Somers diet. "It was awesome," he says, "and I've kept...
DIED. CALVIN GRIFFITH, 87, parsimonious owner of baseball's Minnesota Twins--until 1960 the Washington Senators; in Minneapolis. His comments in 1978 on moving the team--which included the assertion that Washington's "black people...put up such a chant they'll scare you to death"--led future Hall of Famer Rod Carew to bolt for the California Angels the next year...
...high-profile tycoons looking to follow the American example is Mohamed Al Fayed, owner of Harrods, London's famous department store, who says he wants to copy the success of American licensed goods like the Jaguar Collection and Calvin Klein that are sold in his store. "The American brands really have no assets apart from their names, which they put on other products and designs," he says. "I want to follow that example." This November, Harrods' lines of premium-priced fine jewelry, watches, fragrances, leather goods, foods and linens will be available to consumers. "There is unlimited value...