Verbatim

By Harriet Barovick, Sean Gregory, David Robinson and Rebecca Winters Monday, Nov. 18, 2002
    • "We've been waiting for you." UNIDENTIFIED MINER, one of nine trapped for three days in a flooded mineshaft in Somerset, Pa., when rescuers, who eventually extricated them all, first made contact

    "The worst thing we can do is let them get away with not being held accountable for their failures by clothing themselves in a veil of secrecy." DANA ROHRABACHER, California Republican Representative, on the House decision, against White House wishes, to create an independent panel to examine the intelligence agencies' actions before Sept. 11

    "Do I do my hair with a weed whacker? I admit [it]. But take into consideration what you're doing." JAMES TRAFICANT, Ohio Democrat, on the House floor before members voted 420 to 1 to expel him for ethics violations

    "He's holy and he's, like, awesome." SAMANTHA DUROVEC, 15, at the Pope's address at World Youth Day

    "They can't keep the Iverson product in the stores." JOHN SHANLEY, Wells Fargo analyst, on sales of Allen Iverson signature shoes since the basketball star was arrested on gun charges

    Sources: New York Times; CNN; New York Times; Wall Street Journal; AP