91.   The documents raised concerns about impropriety, but Coates maintained that the inducements were within IOC rules because they were made to national Olympic committees and not individuals.

92.   The Democrat-linked organizations, apart from the national committee, included Handgun Control Inc., Planned Parenthood and Zero Population Growth.

93.   The excess consisted mostly of polls and TV ads that helped the candidates but were paid for by the Democratic and Republican national committees.

94.   The full national committee will vote on Thursday.

95.   The government gives only sporadically, according to the national committee.

96.   The figures do not reflect the IOC-controlled Olympic Solidarity program, which provides money to national Olympic committees, particularly those in developing countries.

97.   The International Olympic Committee invites countries that have national Olympic committees, and there are more of these countries all the time.

98.   The IOC is trying to harmonize the anti-doping policies of both international federations and national committees.

99.   The group supports a bill that would severely limit the ability of such national political committees to raise large donations that are not permitted for individual candidates.

100.   The large, unlimited donations known as soft money also have cascaded into national party committees.