The Power of 8

Toss aside Lucky 7. This year, look for good fortune to land on the 8s: 8/8/08. Today.
As the world turns its gaze to Beijing for Friday's opening ceremony of the Olympic Games - set to begin on 8/8/08 at 8:08 p.m. - a record throng of 9,000 Chinese couples also will be lining up to get married. It's no coincidence that the world's athletes will be marching into the Olympic stadium at the same time that history's biggest bridal registry becomes the great wall of wedding china.
It's all about the power of 8.
Las Vegas, the one-stop-shopping mecca for all of life's big gambles, was bracing for a run on both its casinos and its wedding chapels Friday. "We're only guessing what 8/8/08 is going to bring," the Vegas county clerk said nervously this week.
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