91.   The report carries added weight because IOC members were prohibited from visiting the bid cities in the wake of the Salt Lake City vote-buying scandal.

92.   The responses of the bid cities to the report will be supplied to all IOC members, he said, but the evaluation document itself will not be revised.

93.   The Salt Lake bid committee conducted its bid consistently with the advice we were given and the conduct of other successful bid cities.

94.   The U.S. Olympic Committee will pick a bid city from among New York, Washington, San Francisco and Houston later this year.

95.   The USOC picks its bid city in November.

96.   The USOC will list finalists this fall and select a bid city next year.

97.   There was little time for the bid cities to make a big impact Wednesday.

98.   They maintain their favors for IOC members were customary for bid cities.

99.   Under reforms following the Salt Lake City bribery scandal, IOC members are prohibited from visiting bid cities.

100.   Veltroni stressed that if other bid cities did not go along with the idea, then Rome would not withdraw.