1.   Olympic organizers might hang fewer street decorations if three Utah counties decide to tax venues owned by the Salt Lake Organizing Committee, president Mitt Romney said Monday.

2.   Organizers expect to break even on the games, spending any modest surplus on street decorations to improve the look of the Salt Lake Games.

3.   The financial crisis eased in time, too, freeing up money to pay for street decorations and more elaborate celebrations.

4.   There were no street decorations or lighting in the major cities and restaurants and hotels could not lay on special festivities.

5.   He said police were already deployed to pull down posters and street decorations of red, blue and green flags of political parties.