Word: coded
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...Carnival, clothing tends to be an optional accoutrement. Beach volleyball's female athletes oblige by wearing as little as the cheerleaders. Yes, that means sand - particularly on a rainy day like the Aug. 21 women's final - can sneak its way into uncomfortable places. But the dress code of the athletes helps define the overall ambience. At the table tennis, for instance, the athletes tend to wear shapeless shirts with shorts of a distressingly outdated fashion. Is it any surprise that table-tennis is not a sport at which the fans swing their hips to an internal salsa beat...
...clues to "find" the scepter, taking in a tour of the city as they search. To make the quest more challenging, each entry in the book has been sliced up and jumbled. The only way to reassemble it - and identify the site it describes - is to use a code sent to you by text. Then another text arrives with a question that can only be answered by visiting the site itself. Send the correct reply, and you get a new code to move on to the next site. The clues can lead to any of 60 landmarks and monuments throughout...
...PLAY THE GAME -- Send a text to a phonenumber in the guide book. -- Receive a code that reassembles a jumbled entry and head to the site it describes. -- A second text contains a clue, the answer to which can only be found at the site. -- Reply with the right answer. -- A new code points to the next site, and the hunt for the Ruyi continues...
...last September, Nastia Liukin's father handed her a Post-it note. On it were a string of letters - D, D, E, D, D, E, spelling out a cryptic code that the 18-year old Texan couldn't figure out at first...
...navigating the technical challenges presented by the code of points remains the best way to the top of the medal stand. And while it may be too late for most of America's female gymnasts to savor gold, Johnson and Liukin remain at the top of the lineup for the women's individual all-around event on Friday, and will be hoping to stand side-by-side on the podium, celebrating first and second place...