1.   Aside from a halt in allowing delegates to visit bidding cities, it remains unclear what reforms will be accomplished.

2.   Also I read, in contracts of bidding cities, we want a certain quality of caviar.

3.   His investigation of possible misconduct in previous Olympic site selections involved sending letters to officials of bidding cities and asking them to turn over any incriminating information.

4.   In contrast, under the new rules this year, bidding cities were not allowed to invite the IOC members to view the potential sites of the Games.

5.   No more trips to bid cities, the IOC has ruled.

6.   Potential bid cities such as ours are watching.

7.   The committee also pays for the costs of sending a small evaluation commission to bidding cities and for running its offices in a host city during the Games.

8.   The IOC at the time only allowed one visit to bid cities.

9.   The primary competition for bidding cities had for years been over who could best provide comfort and cheer to the IOC members.

10.   Then, in December, came revelations of bribery and other questionable conduct in allocating the Olympics to bidding cities.