1.   -- The high court refused to clear up a legal controversy about whether to stiffen rules limiting the use of expert testimony in personal injury cases and other lawsuits.

2.   But he said he still hoped to present legislation that would stiffen disclosure rules and restrict the circumstances under which lobbying would be allowed.

3.   Steeling himself against his grief and nervousness, Lane stood up Tuesday to urge a House committee to stiffen safety rules for such rides.

4.   The Supreme Court refused to clear up a continuing legal controversy about whether to stiffen rules limiting the use of expert testimony in personal injury cases and other lawsuits.

5.   The table appears at the time of an American drive to stiffen international rules against illicit payments or other forms of graft.

6.   Two years ago, state lawmakers stiffened the rules for bounty hunters, requiring them to hold private investigator licenses.

7.   Would stiffen rules for doctors who are negligent or commit malpractice, in an effort to prevent them from practicing.

8.   Since then, the rule has been stiffened.