1.   The law would stiffen penalties for tax evasion.

2.   At the same time, negotiators abandoned efforts to find a compromise on bills that would end tenure for public school principals and stiffen penalties for school violence.

3.   Bruno would also stiffen penalties for landlords who harass tenants in an attempt to force them out.

4.   But in recent weeks the federal trial court in Puerto Rico has stiffened the penalties.

5.   Conservatives say that only by stiffening the penalties can the practice be deterred.

6.   Congress routinely creates new crimes or stiffens penalties on existing crimes.

7.   Democratic leaders, for their part, have decided an effort to stiffen the penalty might bring Republicans together behind the speaker.

8.   Democratic leaders, for their part, have decided there is no point in trying to stiffen the penalty because that would bring Republicans together behind the speaker.

9.   Germany persuaded its European Union allies to strengthen the planned common currency by stiffening penalties on countries that run up inflationary budget deficits.

10.   He also proposed laws to sharply stiffen penalties for first-time violent sex offenders.