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...colors, fifty-four squares, and countless hours of frustration, Camann claims the Rubix cube could be the key to unlocking your inner Einstein. The Cube brought the Newton teenager a 12th place finish at the World Rubix’s Game Championships—and stellar grades in ninth-grade English. “One time I had a vocabulary test,” Camann he says, “and I memorized all the 24 words in five minutes.” Give him three hours and he’ll absorb 1440 vocabulary words...
...runs the day-to-day business from his ninth-floor office at the Cheung Kong Center, while his father, on the 70th floor, guides strategy. Some investors wonder if the relatively unknown Li can effectively succeed his father, 75, whose net worth Forbes estimates at $7.8 billion. Still, it is widely assumed that Li--and not his younger brother, telecom tycoon Richard Li--is next in line. Victor avoids the issue but notes how much he's like Dad. "We almost always arrive at similar conclusions," he says. That may be a result of close tutoring. Father and son share...
...Confucian nostrum of assiduous saving, are now struggling to cope with harassment by creditors and the shame of personal bankruptcy. Newspapers have reported a rash of suicides, violent crime, kidnappings and prostitution attributed to overborrowing. In September, a deep-in-hock housewife leaped to her death from a ninth-floor apartment, taking her 13-year-old daughter with her. In August, two young women with heavy credit-card bills killed themselves by drinking a cocktail of alcohol and poison. "I often speak to debtors [who are] on the verge of suicide," says Seok Seung Oak, who runs an online counseling...
...12th and ninth place finish in the regatta’s opening five races put Johnson behind, but a disqualification sent Johnson reeling...
...points out of first and ninth place overall,” Johnson said. “I expected to be doing a lot better and I told myself I was going to be more aggressive at the starting line and in every other aspect of my decision making. Once you get that rhythm you just keep going...