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Johnson was determined to be at fault after he and an opponent collided in a battle for position around a buoy. His eventual seventh place finish was officially changed to a 17th—the number of the boats in the race plus one. The extra 10 points would ultimately cost him the title...
Originally from China’s Guangdong province, Buoy and Sen Lee had been in America for only seven years when they opened the doors of the Hong Kong Restaurant in 1954. According to their son and the current manager Paul Lee, the new Waltham residents opened their restaurant business on Mass. Ave. a few blocks down from a cousin’s laundry shop located on Broadway. The Kong was a single-story restaurant until 1970, when the Lees purchased the building’s remaining two floors to create a second dining room on the second floor...
Trash Salman Rushdie or John Updike, and you might make a name for yourself as a literary critic. Some reviewers rely on vitriol to buoy their reputations and lose readers, but those who criticize with purpose and insight often gain a reputation as a savvy critic...
...Senior coxswain] Jesse [Oberst] called the turns as tight as you could possibly expect,” senior three-seat Tyler Winklevoss said. “We were right on the buoy line steering as short a course as possible. The national team boat that did win—compared to them we steered a better course...
GARY BURTLESS: The short-term stimulus has undoubtedly helped reduce the severity of the recession, and it has helped buoy consumer spending. I would have to agree with Ed, though, that after three or four years, we're going to see a slowdown in the rate of growth...