31.   Conservatives say it is tougher sentencing laws.

32.   Congress has failed repeatedly in the past decade to enact tougher laws.

33.   Demand for platinum will grow as tougher environmental laws take effect worldwide.

34.   Despite decreases in major crimes, a combination of tougher laws, federally funded anti-drug efforts and bigger local law-enforcement agencies have meant many more drug arrests.

35.   Despite tougher state laws, officials say, several counties remain havens for colonia developers.

36.   Dominguez said she wants to see tougher laws to prevent illegal immigration and to reform welfare.

37.   EU governments are trying to end the traffic in people with tougher law enforcement and by pushing neighboring states to clamp down.

38.   Even the tougher new laws failed to prevent the latest deadly accident, which has cast a spotlight on another extended family in Memphis.

39.   Fong said he instead backed tougher sentencing laws for criminals who use firearms.

40.   Friedman said he would have preferred an even tougher anti-smoking law, but has settled for the most stringent ban that is politically feasible.