1.   Activists have successfully lobbied state legislatures to stiffen punishments for cruelty to animals.

2.   Adams is trying to persuade the NCAA to stiffen the punishment imposed on coaches when a pitcher is ejected for throwing at a batter.

3.   Congress stiffened the punishment partly in response to complaints from veterans.

4.   Idaho Sen. Larry Craig introduces a bill to stiffen punishments for spiking trees.

5.   Leikind was active in pushing the Connecticut legislature on a variety of proposals to stiffen punishment for bias crimes and to promote freedom of religious expression.

6.   On its face, the notion of stiffening punishment when discrimination is involved may seem fair enough.

7.   Sen. Larry Craig introduces a bill to stiffen punishments for spiking trees.

8.   All this frustrates Colombian Prosecutor General Alfonso Valdivieso, who has tried to stiffen punishment for smugglers and is investigating alleged corruption of Congress by cocaine dealers.

9.   Earlier this month, it stiffened punishment for using electronic devices on a plane.

10.   The bill would also stiffen punishment for those who provide prisoners with weapons or cellular phones.