91. She was only the third woman to head a national Olympic committee, following Princess Anne in Britain and Princess Nora in Liechtenstein. 92. Snowbasin was the only feasible location for the downhill events, and Holding became a large supporter of the Olympic committee. 93. Six will channel funds to Olympic committees. 94. Some members, like Gerhard Heiberg of Norway and Killy of France, have joined the organization after running successful Winter Olympic organizing committees. 95. Sometimes, too, Olympic committees that want to sell blocks of tickets also resort to scalpers to help them. 96. Spokesmen for the Olympic committee said it wanted attention focused on the torch and not on distractions. 97. Some scientists and Olympic committee officials believe genetic engineering in sports is a decade away. 98. Sponsors and various national Olympic committees were finding it prohibitive to spend so much money in one year. 99. Such shenanigans have consistently drawn the ire of the Olympic committee. 100. Sweden is seeded fourth in the eight-team competition that begins today, but its Olympic committee president suggested in November that his team just stay home. |
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