11.   And various entities, including Olympic sponsors and the local organizing committee, are working to downplay the concerns.

12.   Another key difference is that the Atlanta organizing committee, ACOG, is shouldering full responsibility for building venues.

13.   As a result, the organizing committee rescheduled the times of certain track-and-field events for the Games.

14.   Because the IOC was financially weak and unsophisticated, Peter Ueberroth, head of the L.A. organizing committee, dictated the terms of the business deals to the IOC.

15.   Billy Payne, the head of the organizing committee, was in the stands.

16.   Billy Payne, who heads the privately funded organizing committee for the Atlanta Games, calls it the greatest peacetime event of the century.

17.   Besides his role as chef, he attended meetings of the board of trustees for the organizing committee.

18.   Bob Brennan, the chief spokesman for the Atlanta organizing committee, said Monday that locals would be put on the buses of out-of-towners to provide directions.

19.   A new president of the organizing committee could also be named this week.

20.   A PLO official disputed that statement, saying Arafat was given tickets by the official organizing committee.