51.   The report asserted that the board of trustees of the bid committee was not aware of direct payments to IOC members.

52.   The request was turned down, Seagram and Paul Henderson, head of the bid committee, said.

53.   The request was made of the bid committee through a consultant who provided access to Gadir.

54.   The Salt Lake City bid committee used a highly organized gift-giving campaign to court IOC members who would vote on the site of the Winter Games.

55.   The value of the complimentary health care received by Mr. Ganga and his family could not be calculated from the financial records of the bid committee.

56.   There was faint hope the Cougars would turn down the Sun Bowl bid committee and instead accept a Seattle Bowl bid.

57.   These allegations, including whether credit cards belonging to the bid committee were used to pay for escort services for IOC members, have not been substantiated.

58.   Those statements were easier to make because the bid committee is not seeking taxpayer money to bring the Games to Los Angeles.

59.   We recently spoke with some members of the Utah bid committee, seeking advice for Seattle.

60.   Welch also denied allegations that the bid committee had hired prostitutes for members of the IOC.