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Putting the ultimate Golden Ticket to astonishing usage

By Jim Caple
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Monday, August 18, 2008

BEIJING -- The number eight is considered auspicious in China, which is why the Olympics opened on 8/8/08. Knock the numeral 8 on its side and you get the symbol for infinity, which is also the mark on an Olympic credential granting the bearer access to every venue and every event. "Man, that's what I want," said an American volunteer working the road cycling course at the Great Wall. "That's like having a golden ticket." That's precisely how another writer and I have referred to our credentia ...

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