1.   The suggestion is that the central core area should be absolutely sacrosanct with slightly less stringent restrictions as you spread outward.

2.   The main opposition party, the Democratic Progressive Party, openly campaigned for Taiwanese independence, defying stringent legal restrictions against such advocacy.

3.   And the plaintiffs impose more stringent restrictions than Microsoft on how it can deal with computer makers.

4.   Authorities have been working for years to rebuild groundfish stocks in New England waters, using stringent harvesting restrictions and other techniques.

5.   Credit-card issuers are also imposing more stringent restrictions on customers.

6.   Drazen is a member of a Harvard Medical School panel expected to recommend next week that the school loosen its stringent restrictions on faculty ties to industry.

7.   In the political compromise struck Wednesday, Republicans agreed to spend more money than last year in exchange for more stringent restrictions on how it will be spent.

8.   More stringent medical restrictions for fighters.

9.   Noncompliant areas face stringent restrictions and a considerable risk of losing federal highway dollars.

10.   Parrish denied that the companies were attempting to avoid more stringent anti-tobacco restrictions.