31.   The Olympic ideal was taken hostage and was transformed into an expression of international solidarity.

32.   Those Olympic ideals are being applied to protests and appeals more than athletic achievement at the Salt Lake Winter Games, which risk being dubbed the Litigation Games.

33.   Those Olympic ideals are being applied to protests and appeals almost as often as athletic endeavors at the Salt Lake Winter Games.

34.   This is such sad corruption of the Olympic ideal that many people are wondering if the modern Olympics can survive in their present form.

35.   We are all dedicated to Olympic ideals and sports.

36.   World sports leaders, who cling to the high moral ground of Olympic ideals, were told to face facts here on Tuesday.

37.   Lillehammer symbolised the very Olympic ideals he purports to defend.

38.   The Olympic ideal of putting sport above politics will be buried in the boxing ring and the baseball diamond when American and Cuban arch-rivals clash.