11.   Terrorists are sure to eventually acquire nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, Rumsfeld told the senators.

12.   The survey teams are stretched too thin, Benner told the senators.

13.   Across the Capitol building, former Enron employees told senators about their feelings of anger, shock and sadness as they watched their company fall into bankruptcy.

14.   But the chairwoman of the commission told senators Wednesday at a hearing on narcotics that ecstasy has serious and possibly long-term harmful affects.

15.   Caggiano said the Senate Operations Committee approved the expenditure, but he never thought to tell other senators about it.

16.   Christine Levin, of Rutherford, nursed her child while telling senators she opposed the bills.

17.   Norton told the senators she would sell her stock in Prima Energy, a Denver-based company with oil and natural gas wells overseen by the Interior Department.

18.   At the time, Hobeika told the senators he feared for his life.

19.   Earlier Wednesday Dini told senators he would resign if parliament did not agree to pass the four main planks of his political programme quickly.

20.   The South African experience, Adams told the senators, could impact not only on the Irish peace process but also on events in Bosnia.