21.   McLatchie said she heard from competitors and officials that the city may be too hilly for Olympic preparation.

22.   Olympic preparations fell behind three years ago and have never fully recovered because of bureaucracy, poor coordination and court challenges by groups opposed to projects.

23.   On Sunday, Simitis fired the Cabinet member in charge of Olympic preparations.

24.   She is in charge of following the Olympic preparations for her party, New Democracy.

25.   The Culture Ministry, whose portfolio includes sports, is closely involved in Olympic preparations.

26.   The culture minister is in charge of organizing sports events and oversees Olympic preparations.

27.   The meeting was also attended by the deputy ministers of public order and defense, both appointed last month to deal with Olympic preparations.

28.   Their Olympic preparations and leadership had been disrupted by a bloody beginning to independence from Indonesia.

29.   The visit is the first since June by the task force that coordinates Olympic preparations between the Salt Lake Organizing Committee and IOC headquarters.

30.   Hall believes his Olympic preparations has left nothing to chance.