21.   But Simon turned potential doom into a financial bonanza by having the Olympic committee become an equal partner with the Los Angeles Olympic organizers.

22.   But some modifications are in order as the Olympic committees from the United States and Latin America face budget crunches.

23.   But now four official inquiries into the two Olympic committees are under way.

24.   But the Atlanta Olympic committee readily acknowledges that traffic during the Games will be exceedingly heavy.

25.   But the scalpers knew there would be sellers, because many tickets for the opening ceremony had been given out free to Olympic committees.

26.   But the Olympic committee, which got wind of the ad from a PacificHealth press release, objected.

27.   Coates defended the payments as attempts to help the Olympic committees in the African countries, not attempts to line the pockets of IOC members.

28.   City officials are scrambling to capitalize on the games without using any of the money being raised by the Olympic committee.

29.   Considering the flap going on between the Olympic committee and the post office, do you think they will continue the tradition this summer?

30.   Critics of the IOC have contended for years that the Olympic committee was reluctant to catch cheaters for fear of losing credibility with the public and corporate sponsors.