11.   Honors consent decree to toughen pesticide regulations the EPA signed with environmental groups and farm workers the day before Clinton left office.

12.   In response, the Civil Aeronautics Administration has pushed for consolidation in the crowded airline industry, and toughened regulations.

13.   Since Friday, police and Interior Ministry officials have promised to toughen regulations and publicly shame violators into compliance.

14.   The government also has toughened its regulations, requiring seal hunters to go through a two-year apprenticeship before becoming full-fledged commercial harvesters.

15.   The government toughened regulations last year to allow only families with severely disabled relatives to hire foreign maids or caretakers.

16.   Thursday, tobacco stocks were under pressure after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it may toughen regulations on the sale of cigarettes to minors.