31.   The Olympic bid is supported by Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who also wants a West Side stadium for the Jets and the Javits Convention Center.

32.   The same attorneys are handling litigation involving The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, who want the Olympic bid records opened to the public.

33.   Until last week, NBC had not anticipated making a dual Olympic bid.

34.   What will interest the USOC group, as it does most people when they contemplate a New York Olympic bid, is how visitors will get around.

35.   Winning the Olympic bid is much more than a matter of civic or even national pride for people here.

36.   Zhang of the Olympic bid committee acknowledged that stable relations with other countries would be important to Beijing winning the bid.

37.   A Greek jeweler has admitted supplying the Athens Olympic bid team with fine jewelry, including a gold necklace owned by the wife of Australian IOC member Phil Coles.

38.   A group of Italians launched a campaign earlier this month to oppose the Olympic bid, citing waste of public funds and environmental concerns.

39.   Ackerman accused NOCSA of trying to gouge Cape Town for too much money, while Ramsamy has said Ackerman refused to cooperate with others on the Olympic bid.

40.   Along the way, they avoided FBI questioning in the Olympic bid scandal.